ἐλθὼν δ᾽ οὐκ ἐβόησα τίς ἢ τίνος, ἀλλ᾽ ἐφίλησααἵ τε τοῖς πενθοῦσιν ἐφέσεις τοῦ ἀποκλαῦσαι καὶ ἀποδύρασθαι πολύ τι τῆς λύπης ἅμα τῷ δακρύῳ συνεξάγουσιν: ὁ δὲ θυμὸς ἐκριπίζεται μᾶλλον οἷς πράττουσι καὶ λέγουσιν οἱ ἐν αὐτῷ καθεστῶτες. ἀτρεμεῖν οὖν κράτιστον ἢ φεύγειν καὶ ἀποκρύπτειν. καὶ καθορμίζειν ἑαυτὸν 2 εἰς ἡσυχίαν, ὥσπερ ἐπιληψίας ἀρχομένης συναισθανομένους, ἵνα μὴ πέσωμεν
1 τὴν φλιήν. εἰ τοῦτ᾽ ἔστ᾽ ἀδίκημ᾽, ἀδικῶ.
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ἐπικωμάσαι καὶ ᾆσαι καὶ
στεφανῶσαι θύραν, ἔχουσιν ἁμωσγέπως
κουφισμὸν οὐκ ἄχαριν οὐδ᾽ ἄμουσον
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