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πόσῳ δὲ κρεῖττον, ὦ Οὐλπιανὲ σοφώτατε, τὸ ὑδραυλικὸν τοῦτο ὄργανον τοῦ καλουμένου νάβλα, ὅν φησι Σώπατρος ὁ παρῳδὸς ἐν τῷ ἐπιγραφομένῳ δράματι Πύλαι Φοινίκων εἶναι καὶ τοῦτον εὕρημα. λέγει δ᾽ οὕτως:
οὔτε τοῦ Σιδωνίου νάβλα
λαρυγγόφωνος ἐκκεχόρδωται τύπος.
καὶ ἐν Μυστάκου δὲ θητίῳ φησί:
νάβλας ἐν ἄρθροις γραμμάτων οὐκ εὐμελής,
ᾧ λωτὸς ἐν πλευροῖσιν ἄψυχος παγεὶς
ἔμπνουν ἀνίει μοῦσαν. ἐγρέτου δέ τις
τὸν ἡδονῆς μελῳδὸν εὐάζων χορόν.
Φιλήμων ἐν Μοιχῷ ῾II 489 K':'
ἔδει παρεῖναι, Παρμένων, αὐλητρίδ᾽ ἢ
νάβλαν τιν᾽. Β. ὁ δὲ νάβλας τί ἐστιν; ...
Α. .... οὐκ οἶδας, ἐμβρόντητε σύ;
Β. μὰ Δία. Α. τί φής; οὐκ οἶσθα νάβλαν; οὐδὲν οὖν
οἶσθ᾽ ἀγαθόν. οὐδὲ σαμβυκίστριαν;
καὶ τὸ τρίγωνον δὲ καλούμενον ὄργανον Ἰόβας ἐν τετάρτῳ θεατρικῆς ἱστορίας ῾FHG III 481' 'Σύρων εὕρημά φησιν εἶναι, ὡς καὶ τὸν καλούμενον λυροφοίνικα .... σαμβύκην. τοῦτο δὲ τὸ ὄργανον Νεάνθης ὁ Κυζικηνὸς ἐν α# Ὥρων ῾FHG III 3' 'εὕρημα εἶναι λέγει Ἰβύκου τοῦ Ῥηγίνου ποιητοῦ, ὡς καὶ Ἀνακρέοντος τὸ βάρβιτον. ἐπεὶ δὲ ἡμῶν τῶν Ἀλεξανδρέων κατατρέχεις ὡς ἀμούσων καὶ τὸν μόναυλον συνεχῶς ὀνομάζεις ἐπιχωριάζοντα παρ᾽ ἡμῖν, ἄκουε καὶ περὶ αὐτοῦ ἃ νῦν ἔχω σοι λέγειν ἐν προχείρῳ.

Athenaeus. Deipnosophistae. Kaibel. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1887.

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