ὁ <μὲν> Μενέλαος ἐπολέμησ᾽ ἔτη δέκα
τοῖς Τρωσὶ διὰ γυναῖκα τὴν ὄψιν καλήν,
Φοινικίδης δὲ Ταυρέᾳ δι᾽ ἔγχελυν.
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τῆς αὐτῆς ἰδέας καὶ Μελάνθιος ἦν ὁ τῆς τραγῳδίας ποιητής: ἔγραψε δὲ καὶ ἐλεγεῖα. κωμῳδοῦσι δ᾽
αὐτὸν ἐπὶ ὀψοφαγίᾳ Λεύκων ἐν Φράτερσιν, Ἀριστοφάνης ἐν Εἰρήνῃ ῾v. 804',' Φερεκράτης ἐν Πετάλῃ.
ἐν δὲ τοῖς Ἰχθύσιν Ἄρχιππος τῷ δράματι ῾I 685 K'
'ὡς ὀψοφάγον δήσας παραδίδωσι τοῖς ἰχθύσιν
ἀντιβρωθησόμενον. ἀλλὰ μὴν καὶ Ἀρίστιππος ὁ Σωκρατικὸς ὀψοφάγος ἦν: ὅστις καὶ ὑπὸ Πλάτωνός ποτε
ὀνειδιζόμενος ἐπὶ τῇ ὀψοφαγίᾳ, ὥς φησι Σωτίων καὶ
Ἡγήσανδρος, ... γράφει δὲ οὕτως ὁ Δελφός ῾FHG
IV 416':' ‘Ἀρίστιππος Πλάτωνος ἐπιτιμήσαντος αὐτῷ
διότι πολλοὺς ἰχθῦς ἠγόρασε, δυεῖν ὀβολοῖν ἔφησεν
ἐωνῆσθαι. τοῦ δὲ Πλάτωνος εἰπόντος διότι καὶ αὐτὸς
ἂν ἠγόρασα τοσούτου, ‘ὁρᾷς οὖν, εἶπεν, ὦ Πλάτων,
ὅτι οὐκ ἐγὼ ὀψοφάγος, ἀλλὰ σὺ φιλάργυρος.' Ἀντιφάνης δ᾽ ἐν Αὐλητρίδι ἢ Διδύμαις Φοινικίδην τινὰ
ἐπ᾽ ὀψοφαγίᾳ κωμῳδῶν φησιν ῾II 30 K':'
Athenaeus. Deipnosophistae. Kaibel. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1887.
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