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τοσούτων λεχθέντων καὶ περὶ τούτων οὐδὲ
τῶν ἰατρῶν οἱ παρόντες ἀσύμβολοι μετειλήφασιν. ἔφη
γὰρ ὁ Διονυσοκλῆς: ‘Μνησίθεος ὁ Ἀθηναῖος ἐν
τῷ περὶ ἐδεστῶν ἔφη: ‘κεφαλὴ καὶ πόδες ὑὸς οὐ
πολὺ τὸ τρόφιμον καὶ λιπαρὸν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς ἔχουσι.'
καὶ ὁ Λεωνίδης: ‘Δήμων ἐν δ# Ἀτθίδος ῾FHG I 378'
'‘Ἀφείδαντα, φησί, βασιλεύοντα Ἀθηνῶν Θυμοίτης ὁ
νεώτερος ἀδελφὸς νόθος ὢν ἀποκτείνας αὐτὸς ἐβασίλευσεν. ἐφ᾽ οὗ Μέλανθος Μεσσήνιος ἐκπεσὼν τῆς
πατρίδος ἐπήρετο τὴν Πυθίαν ὅπου κατοικήσει. ἣ δὲ
ἔφη, ἔνθα ἂν ξενίοις πρῶτον τιμηθῇ τοὺς πόδας αὐτῷ
καὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν ἐπὶ τῷ δείπνῳ παραθέντων. καὶ
τοῦτ᾽ ἐγένετο αὐτῷ ἐν Ἐλευσῖνι: τῶν ἱερειῶν γὰρ
τότε πάτριόν τινα ἑορτὴν ἐπιτελουσῶν καὶ πάντα τὰ
κρέα κατανηλωκυιῶν, τῶν δὲ ποδῶν καὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς
ὑπολοίπων ὄντων ταῦτα τῷ Μελάνθῳ ἀπέστειλαν.'
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