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τοιαῦτα εἴραντος τοῦ Νείλου καὶ οὕτω νεανικὰ ὑπολαβὼν ὁ Ἀπολλώνιος ‘ὑπὲρ μισθοῦ δὲ’ εἶπεν ‘οὐ διαλέξῃ μοι πρότερον σοφίας γε ἐρῶν τῆς ἐμῆς;’ ‘διαλεγώμεθα’ ἦ δ᾽ ὁ Νεῖλος ‘καὶ ὅ τι βούλει, αἴτει.’ ‘αἰτῶ σε,’ εἶπεν ‘ἃ μὲν αὐτὸς εἵλου, ᾑρῆσθαι, τοὺς δὲ Γυμνοὺς μὴ ἐνοχλεῖν ξυμβουλεύοντα ἃ μὴ πείσεις.’ ‘πείσομαι’ ἔφη ‘καὶ ὁμολογείσθω ὁ μισθός.’ ταῦτα μὲν δὴ οὕτως ἐσπούδασαν, ἐρομένου δ᾽ αὐτὸν μετὰ ταῦτα τοῦ Νείλου, πόσου χρόνου διατρίψοι περὶ τοὺς Γυμνούς, ‘ὁπόσου’ ἔφη ‘χρόνου ἀξία ἡ τῶνδε σοφία τῷ ξυνεσομένῳ σφίσιν, εἶτα ἐπὶ Καταδούπων τὴν ὁδὸν ποιησόμεθα τῶν πηγῶν ἕνεκα, χαρίεν γὰρ τὸ μὴ μόνον ἰδεῖν τὰς τοῦ Νείλου ἀρχάς, ἀλλὰ καὶ κελαδοῦντος αὐτοῦ ἀκοῦσαι.’
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