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καταμελῆσαι, κατά γε ἐμὴν δόξαν οὔτε Ἡσίοδος οὔτε Ὅμηρος οὔτε ἄλλος οὐδεὶς ποιητὴς εὐδοκιμώτερος ἐγένετο ἄν ποτε αὐτοῦ.’ ‘τίς δ᾽ ἦν ὁ λόγος,’ ἦ δ᾽ ὅς, ‘ὦ Κριτία;’ ‘ἦ περὶ μεγίστης,’ ἔφη, ‘καὶ ὀνομαστοτάτης πασῶν δικαιότατ᾽ ἂν πράξεως οὔσης, ἣν ἥδε ἡ πόλις ἔπραξε μέν, διὰ δὲ χρόνον καὶ φθορὰν τῶν ἐργασαμένων οὐ διήρκεσε δεῦρο ὁ λόγος.’ ‘λέγε ἐξ ἀρχῆς,’ ἦ δ᾽ ὅς, ‘τί τε καὶ πῶς καὶ παρὰ τίνων ὡς ἀληθῆ διακηκοὼς ἔλεγεν ὁ Σόλων.’
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