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καὶ ὁ Κύνουλκος ἀνεβόησε: ‘καὶ τίν᾽ ἂν τῶν μεγάλων οὗτος οὐκ ἰχθύων, ἀλλὰ ζητήσεων ἐπὶ νοῦν λάβοι; ὃς τὰς ἀκάνθας ἀεὶ ἐκλέγει ἑψητῶν τε καὶ ἀθερινῶν καὶ εἴ τι τούτων ἀτυχέστερόν ἐστιν ἰχθύδιον, τὰ μεγάλα τεμάχη παραπεμπόμενος. καθάπερ γὰρ
ἐν ταῖς γεννικαῖς εὐωχίαις,
φησὶν ἐν Ἰξίονι Εὔβουλος ῾II 176 K','
ἀμύλων παρόντων ἐσθίουσ᾽ ἑκάστοτε
ἄνηθα καὶ σέλινα καὶ φλυαρίας
καὶ κάρδαμ᾽ ἐσκευασμένα,
οὕτω μοι δοκεῖ καὶ ὁ ‘λεβητοχάρων᾽ Οὐλπιανός, κατὰ τὸν ἐμὸν Μεγαλοπολίτην Κερκιδᾶν ῾II 515 B',' μηδὲν μὲν ἐσθίειν τῶν ἀνδρὶ προσηκόντων, τηρεῖν δὲ τοὺς ἐσθίοντας εἰ παρεῖδον ἢ ἄκανθαν ἢ τῶν τραγανῶν τι ἢ χονδρῶδες τῶν παρατεθέντων, οὐδ᾽ ἐπὶ νοῦν βαλλόμενος τὸ τοῦ καλοῦ καὶ λαμπροῦ Αἰσχύλου, ὃς τὰς αὑτοῦ τραγῳδίας τεμάχη εἶναι ἔλεγεν τῶν Ὁμήρου μεγάλων δείπνων. φιλόσοφος δὲ ἦν τῶν πάνυ ὁ Αἰσχύλος, ὃς καὶ ἡττηθεὶς ἀδίκως ποτέ, ὡς Θεόφραστος ἢ Χαμαιλέων ῾fr. 35 Köpke' 'ἐν τῷ περὶ ἡδονῆς εἴρηκεν, ἔφη χρόνῳ τὰς τραγῳδίας ἀνατιθέναι, εἰδὼς ὅτι κομιεῖται τὴν προσήκουσαν τιμήν.

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

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