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ἢ Εὐφορίων ἢ Καλλίμαχος ἔλεγε, πόσοις ἂν οἴει
ἔπεσι τὸ ὕδωρ ἄχρι πρὸς τὸ χεῖλος τοῦ Ταντάλου ἤγαγεν;
εἶτα πόσοις ἂν Ἰξίονα ἐκύλισε; μᾶλλον δὲ ὁ Θουκυδίδης
αὐτὸς ὀλίγα τῷ τοιούτῳ εἴδει τοῦ λόγου χρησάμενος σκέψαι
ὅπως εὐθὺς ἀφίσταται ἢ μηχάνημα ἑρμηνεύσας ἢ
πολιορκίας σχῆμα δηλώσας, ἀναγκαῖον καὶ χρειῶδες ὄν,
ἢ Ἐπιπολῶν σχῆμα ἢ Συρακουσίων λιμένα: ὅταν μὲν γὰρ
τὸν λοιμὸν διηγῆται καὶ μακρὸς εἶναι δοκῇ, σὺ τὰ πράγματα
ἐννόησον: εἴσῃ γὰρ οὕτω τὸ τάχος καὶ ὡς φεύγοντος
ὅμως ἐπιλαμβάνεται αὐτοῦ τὰ γεγενημένα πολλὰ
ὄντα.
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