κηρόπλαστος ὀτοβεῖἐπιθέλγων καὶ καθιστὰς τὴν ὀργὴν τοῦ ῥήτορος ἐμοὶ δ᾽ εἴ τις ἐμμελὴς καὶ κομψὸς ἀκόλουθος ἦν, οὐκ ἂν ἠχθόμην αὐτοῦ προσφέροντος ἐπὶ ταῖς ὀργαῖς
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δυναμένοις ὑπ᾽ ὀργῆς διαφυλάττειν. Γαΐῳ
μὲν οὖν Γράκχῳ τῷ ῥήτορι καὶ τὸν
τρόπον ὄντι χαλεπῷ καὶ περιπαθέστερον
λέγοντι διηρμοσμένον ἦν συρίγγιον, ᾧ τὴν φωνὴν οἱ
ἁρμονικοὶ σχέδην 1 ἐπ᾽ ἀμφότερα διὰ τῶν
τόνων ἄγουσι: καὶ τοῦτ᾽ ἔχων οἰκέτης
αὐτοῦ λέγοντος ὄπισθεν ἑστὼς ἐνεδίδου
τόνον ἐπιεικῆ καὶ πρᾶον, ᾧ τὴν κραυγὴν
ἀνεκαλεῖτο καὶ τὸ τραχὺ καὶ τὸ θυμικὸν
ἀφῄρει τῆς φωνῆς, ὥσπερ ὁ τῶν βουκόλων
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