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Ἔστι δ̓ ὅπη κακοφωνία δεινότητα ποιεῖ, καὶ μάλιστα, ἐὰν τὸ ὑποκείμενον πρᾶγμα δέῃ τοιαύτης, ὥσπερ τὸ Ὁμηρικόν, τὸ [p. 186] Τρῶες δ̓ ἐρρίγησαν, ὅπως ἴδον αἰόλον ὄφιν: ἦν μὲν γὰρ καὶ εὐφωνοτέρως εἰπόντα σῶσαι τὸ μέτρον, Τρῶες δ̓ ἐρρίγησαν, ὅπως ὄφιν αἰόλον εἶδον: ἀλλ̓ οὔτ̓ ἂν ὁ λέγων δεινὸς οὕτως ἔδοξεν, οὔτε ὁ ὄφις αὐτός.
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