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ἡγοῦντο καὶ
φορτικόν, ὥστε νόμος ἦν μηδένα ποιεῖν κωμῳδίας Ἀρεοπαγίτην. ἤνθησε δ᾽
ἡ τραγῳδία καὶ διεβοήθη, θαυμαστὸν ἀκρόαμα
καὶ θέαμα τῶν τότ᾽ [p. 463] ἀνθρώπων γενομένη καὶ παρασχοῦσα
τοῖς μύθοις καὶ τοῖς πάθεσιν ἀπάτην, ὡς Γοργίας φησίν, ἣν 1 ὃ τ᾽
ἀπατήσας δικαιότερος τοῦ μὴ ἀπατήσαντος, καὶ ὁ ἀπατηθεὶς σοφώτερος; τοῦ
μὴ ἀπατηθέντος. ὁ μὲν γὰρ ἀπατήσας
δικαιότερος, ὅτι τοῦθ᾽ ὑποσχόμενος πεποίηκεν:
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