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ἴσασι γὰρ ὅτι πάντα θωπεύοντες ὑπ᾽ ἀνάγκης[p. 119]
λέγουσιν. ἔπειτα δὲ εἰρήκασι τοὺς μὲν ὡς πτωχῷ, τοὺς δὲ ὡς
μαινομένῳ ἀπάρχεσθαι, καὶ μᾶλλον οἴονται τοὺς τότε καταγνῶναι
αὐτοῦ μανίαν τἀληθῆ λέγοντος ἢ ψευδομένου. οὐ μὴν ὅσον γε ἐπὶ
τούτοις ψέγω Ὅμηρον: κωλύει γὰρ οὐθὲν ἄνδρα σοφὸν πτωχεύειν
οὐδὲ μαίνεσθαι δοκεῖν: ἀλλ᾽ ὅτι κατὰ τὴν ἐκείνων δόξαν, ἣν ἔχουσι
περὶ Ὁμήρου καὶ περὶ τῶν τοιούτων, εἰκός ἐστι μηθὲν ὑγιὲς εἶναι
τῶν εἰρημένων ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ.
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