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πρὸς τὴν πολυτέλειαν εὐτελείᾳ καὶ τὸ ἀφελὲς καὶ λιτὸν ἐν κόσμῳ
τίθεσθαι μᾶλλον ἢ τὸ σοβαρὸν καὶ περίεργον: οὕτω τοῦ λόγου 1
συμμεταβάλλοντος ἅμα καὶ συναπολυομένου, 2
κατέβη μὲν ἀπὸ τῶν μέτρων ὥσπερ ὀχημάτων ἡ ἱστορία καὶ 3 τῷ πεζῷ
μάλιστα τοῦ μυθώδους ἀπεκρίθη τάληθές: 4 φιλοσοφία δὲ τὸ σαφὲς καὶ
διδασκαλικὸν ἀσπασαμένη μᾶλλον ἢ τὸ ἐκπλῆττον, διὰ 5 λόγων ἐποιεῖτο
τὴν ζήτησιν 6 ἀπέπαυσε δὲ τὴν Πυθίαν ὁ
θεὸς ‘πυρικάους’ μὲν ὀνομάζουσαν τοὺς αὑτῆς πολίτας
‘ὀφιοβόρους’ δὲ τοὺς ’
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