οὔκ, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῆς νυκτός ἐστι Δωρίων
ἔνδον παρ᾽ ἡμῖν λοπαδοφυσητής.
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Ἡγήσανδρος δ᾽ ἐν τοῖς ὑπομνήμασι ῾FHG IV
416' 'τάδε φησὶ περὶ αὐτοῦ: ‘Δωρίων ὁ ὀψοφάγος
τοῦ παιδὸς οὐκ ἀγοράσαντος ἰχθῦς μαστιγῶν αὐτὸν
ἐκέλευεν τῶν ἀρίστων ἰχθύων ὀνόματα λέγειν. τοῦ
δὲ παιδὸς ὀρφὸν καὶ γλαυκίσκον καὶ γόγγρον καὶ
τοιούτους ἑτέρους καταριθμοῦντος ‘ἰχθύων σε, φησίν,
ἐκέλευον ὀνόματα λέγειν, οὐ θεῶν.' ὁ αὐτὸς Δωρίων
καταγελῶν τοῦ ἐν τῷ Τιμοθέου Ναυτίλῳ χειμῶνος
ἔφασκεν ἐν κακκάβᾳ ζεούσᾳ μείζονα ἑωρακέναι χειμῶνα. Ἀριστόδημος δὲ ἐν δευτέρῳ γελοίων ἀπομνημονευμάτων ῾FHG III 310' 'φησί: ‘Δωρίωνος τοῦ
κρουματοποιοῦ κυλλόποδος ὄντος ἀπώλετο ἐν συμποσίῳ
τοῦ χωλοῦ ποδὸς τὸ βλαυτίον. καὶ ὃς ‘οὐθέν, ἔφη,
πλεῖον καταράσομαι τῷ κλέψαντι ἢ ἁρμόσαι αὐτῷ τὸ
σανδάλιον.' ὅτι δ᾽ ἦν ὁ Δωρίων οὗτος ἐπὶ ὀψοφαγίᾳ
διαβόητος φανερὸν ἐξ ὧν λέγει Μνησίμαχος ὁ κωμῳδιοποιὸς ἐν Φιλίππῳ δράματι ῾II 442 K':'
Athenaeus. Deipnosophistae. Kaibel. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1887.
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