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ἐξαρκεῖ αὐτοῖς ἁπλῶς ἀκοῦσαι. ἡ δὲ ποίησις ἀναπείθει τὰ ψευδῆ
ἀκούειν ὥσπερ ὁ οἶνος πίνειν μάτην.
ὡς οὖν ἤκουσα παρ᾽ ἐκείνου, πειράσομαι εἰπεῖν, προστιθεὶς
ἐξ ὧν ἐδόκει μοι ἀληθῆ τὰ λεγόμενα. ἔφη γὰρ ἐν Σπάρτῃ γενέσθαιΤυνδάρεων σοφὸν ἄνδρα καὶ βασιλέα μέγιστον, τούτου δὲ καὶ
Λήδας δύο θυγατέρας κατὰ ταὐτὸ ὥσπερ ἡμεῖς ὀνομάζομεν, Κλυταιμνήστρας
καὶ Ἑλένην, καὶ δύο ἄρρενας παῖδας διδύμους καλοὺς
καὶ μεγάλους καὶ πολὺ τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἀρίστους.
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