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Ἰσιδότου, γεννάδαν ὄντα καὶ τῶν ἀνταγωνιστῶν ἑκατέρων
ἀλκιμώτερον, εἰ αὐτὸς μὲν αἴσχιστος ὀφθῆναι εἴη
τὴν ὄψιν, Ἀλκαῖος δὲ ὁ καλὸς ὁ Μιλήσιος ἀνταγωνίζοιτο
αὐτῷ, καὶ ἐρώμενος, ὥς φασι, τοῦ Νικοστράτου ὤν. καὶ
τοίνυν ἡ ἱστορία, εἰ μὲν ἄλλως τὸ τερπνὸν παρεμπορεύσαιτο,
πολλοὺς ἂν τοὺς ἐραστὰς ἐπισπάσαιτο, ἄχρι
δ᾽ ἂν καὶ μόνον ἔχῃ τὸ ἴδιον ἐντελές, λέγω δὲ τὴν τῆς
ἀληθείας δήλωσιν, ὀλίγον τοῦ κάλλους φροντιεῖ.
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