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‘ κήρυκος ἀκροῶνται καὶ ἄρχοντος τοῦ νόμου, δημοκρατίαν ἔχοντες. σὺ δὲ δεινὸς εἶ κοράκων ἐπαΐειν καὶ κολοιῶν, τῆς δὲ θεοῦ 1 φωνῆς οὐκ ἀκριβῶς ἐξακούεις, ἀλλὰ πόλιν μὲν οἴει κατὰ τὸν θεὸν ἄριστα πράττειν τὴν ἑνὸς ἀκούουσαν, συμποσίου δ᾽ ἀρετὴν νομίζεις τὸ πάντας διαλέγεσθαι καὶ περὶ πάντων ‘’ σὺ γάρ’ ἔφη ὁ Αἴσωπος ‘ οὔπω γέγραφας ὅτι ὅμοιον 2 οἰκέτας μὴ μεθύειν, ὡς 3 ἔγραψας Ἀθήνησιν οἰκέτας μὴ ἐρᾶν μηδὲ ξηραλοιφεῖν’ Γελάσαντος οὖν τοῦ Σόλωνος Κλεόδωρος ὁ ἰατρὸς ‘ἀλλ᾽ ὅμοιον’ 4 ἔφη ‘τῷ ξηραλοιφεῖν τὸ 5 λαλεῖν ἐν 6 οἴνῳ βρεχόμενον: ’
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