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Ἀθηναῖοι δὲ πρότερον μὲν πέμψαντες στρατηγὸν Περικλέα καὶ σὺν αὐτῷ Σοφοκλέα τὸν ποιητὴν πολιορκίᾳ κακῶς διέθηκαν ἀπειθοῦντας τοὺς Σαμίους, ὕστερον δὲ καὶ κληρούχους ἔπεμψαν δισχιλίους ἐξ ἑαυτῶν, ὧν ἦν καὶ Νεοκλῆς ὁ Ἐπικούρου τοῦ φιλοσόφου πατήρ, γραμματοδιδάσκαλος, ὥς φασι: καὶ δὴ καὶ τραφῆναί φασιν ἐνθάδε καὶ ἐν Τέῳ καὶ ἐφηβεῦσαι Ἀθήνησι: γενέσθαι δ᾽ αὐτῷ συνέφηβον Μένανδρον τὸν κωμικόν: Σάμιος δ᾽ ἦν καὶ Κρεώφυλος, ὅν φασι δεξάμενον ξενίᾳ ποτὲ Ὅμηρον λαβεῖν δῶρον τὴν ἐπιγραφὴν τοῦ ποιήματος ὃ καλοῦσιν Οἰχαλίας ἅλωσιν. Καλλίμαχος δὲ τοὐναντίον ἐμφαίνει δι᾽ ἐπιγράμματός τινος, ὡς ἐκείνου μὲν ποιήσαντος λεγομένου δ᾽ Ὁμήρου διὰ τὴν λεγομένην ξενίαν “ τοῦ Σαμίου πόνος εἰμί, δόμῳ ποτὲ θεῖον Ὅμηρον
δεξαμένου: κλείω δ᾽ Εὔρυτον ὅσσ᾽ ἔπαθεν,
καὶ ξανθὴν Ἰόλειαν: Ὁμήρειον δὲ καλεῦμαι
γράμμα: Κρεωφύλῳ, Ζεῦ φίλε, τοῦτο μέγα.
” τινὲς δὲ διδάσκαλον Ὁμήρου τοῦτόν φασιν, οἱ δ᾽ οὐ τοῦτον ἀλλ᾽ Ἀριστέαν τὸν Προκοννήσιον.

Strabo. ed. A. Meineke, Geographica. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.

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