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Δείναρχος ἐν τῷ κατὰ Πυθέου ‘πάλιν γὰρ Αἰσχίνου ἀποφοιτήσας παρὰ τούτῳ δῆλον ὅτι χρυσοχοεῖν ἐμανθανεν, ἀλλ̓ οὐ τὸ προκείμενον αὐτῷ πράττειν ἢ πάσχειν.’ κέχρηται δὲ τῇ παροιμίᾳ καὶ Πλάτων ἐν ε Πολιτείας λέγων ‘τί δέ; ἦ δ̓ ὃς ὁ Θρασύμαχος, χρυσοχοήσοντας οἴει τούσδε νῦν ἐνθάδε ἀφῖχθαι, ἀλλ̓ οὐ λόγων ἀκουσομένους;’ ἄρξασθαι δέ φασι τὴν παροιμίαν ἐντεῦθεν. ἔπεσέ τις φήμη ποτὲ εἰς τὸ πλῆθος τὸ Ἀθηναίων ὡς ἐν Ὑμηττῷ χρυσοῦ ψῆγμα πολὺ φανείη καὶ φυλάττοιτο ὑπὸ τῶν μαχίμων μυρμήκων. οἱ δ̓ ἀναλαβόντες ὅπλα ἐξέθεον ἐπ̓ αὐτούς. ἄπρακτοι δ̓ ὑποστρέψαντες καὶ μάτην κεκακοπαθηκότες ἔσκωπτον ἀλλήλους, λέγοντες ‘σὺ δὲ ᾤου χρυσοχοήσειν,’ ὅπερ δηλοῖ, σὺ δὲ ᾤου ψῆγμα πολὺ συλλέξας καὶ χρυσοχοήσας πλουτήσειν. ἐχλευάζοντο δὲ καὶ ὑπὸ τῶν κωμικῶν: Εὔβουλος γοῦν ἐν Γλαύκῳ φησὶν ἡμεῖς ποτ̓ ἄνδρας Κεκροπίδας ἐπείσαμεν λαβόντας εἰς Ὑμηττὸν ἐξελθεῖν ὅπλα καὶ σιτἴ ἐπὶ μύρμηκας ἡμερῶν τριῶν, ὡς χρυσοτεύκτου ψήγματος πεφηνότος.

Harpocrationis Lexicon in decem oratores Atticos. Harpocration, Valerius. Wilhelm Dindorf. Oxonii: E Typographeo Academico. Oxford. 1853.

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