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τῶν δὲ ἐν Ῥόδῳ γινομένων σύκων μνημονεύει
Λυγκεὺς ἐν ἐπιστολαῖς σύγκρισιν ποιούμενος τῶν
Ἀθήνησι γινομένων καλλίστων πρὸς τὰ Ῥοδιακά. γράφει δὲ οὕτως. ‘τὰ δὲ ἐρινεὰ τοῖς Λακωνικοῖς ὥστε συκάμινα σύκοις δοκεῖν ἐρίζειν. καὶ ταῦτ᾽ οὐκ ἀπὸ δείπνου
καθάπερ ἐκεῖ διεστραμμένης ἤδη διὰ τὴν πλησμονὴν
τῆς γεύσεως, ἀλλ᾽ ἀθίκτου τῆς ἐπιθυμίας οὔσης πρὸ
δείπνου παρατέθεικα.' τῶν δ᾽ ἐν τῇ καλῇ Ῥώμῃ καλλιστρουθίων καλουμένων σύκων εἰ ὁ Λυγκεὺς ἐγεύσατο ὥσπερ ἐγώ, ὀξυωπέστερος ἂν ἐγεγόνει παρὰ πολὺ
τοῦ ὁμωνύμου: τοσαύτην ὑπεροχὴν ἔχει ταῦτα τὰ σῦκα
πρὸς τὰ ἐν τῇ πάσῃ οἰκουμένῃ γινόμενα. ἐπαινεῖται
δὲ καὶ ἄλλα σύκων γένη κατὰ τὴν Ῥώμην γινομένων,
τά τε καλούμενα Χῖα καὶ τὰ Λιβιανά, ἔτι δὲ καὶ τὰ
Χαλκιδικὰ ὀνομαζόμενα καὶ τὰ Ἀφρικανά, ὡς καὶ
Ἡρόδοτος ὁ Λύκιος μαρτυρεῖ ἐν τῷ περὶ σύκων
συγγράμματι.
Athenaeus. Deipnosophistae. Kaibel. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1887.
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