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εἰ οὐκ αἰσχύνομαι τἀγαθὰ δεινὰ καλῶν. τὸ γὰρ δεινόν, φησίν, κακόν ἐστιν: οὐδεὶς γοῦν λέγει ἑκάστοτε ‘δεινοῦ πλούτου’ οὐδὲ ‘δεινῆς εἰρήνης’ οὐδὲ ‘δεινῆς ὑγιείας,’ ἀλλὰ ‘δεινῆς νόσου’ καὶ ‘δεινοῦ πολέμου’ καὶ ‘δεινῆς πενίας,’ ὡς τοῦ δεινοῦ κακοῦ ὄντος. ἴσως οὖν καὶ τὸ ‘χαλεπὸν’ αὖ οἱ Κεῖοι καὶ ὁ Σιμωνίδης ἢ κακὸν ὑπολαμβάνουσι ἢ ἄλλο τι ὃ σὺ οὐ μανθάνεις: ἐρώμεθα οὖν πρόδικον—δίκαιον γὰρ τὴν Σιμωνίδου φωνὴν τοῦτον ἐρωτᾶν—τί ἔλεγεν, ὦ Πρόδικε, τὸ
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