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τοῦθ̓ ὅτι τοῖς μὲν ποιηταῖς Μοῦσαι καὶ τὸ δοκεῖν
ἐκεῖθεν ἐπιπνεομένους τὴν ποίησιν γράφειν ἄφθονον
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παρέχει τὴν ἐξουσίαν τοῦ πλάσματος: τοῖς
ῥήτορσι δὲ ἡ τέχνη τὴν ἴσην παρέσχεν ἄδειαν,
τὸ μὲν πλάττειν ἀφελομένη, τὸ δὲ κολακεύειν
οὐδαμῶς ἀπαγορεύσασα, οὐδὲ αἰσχύνην ὁμολογουμένην
τῷ λέγοντι τὸ ψευδῶς ἐπαινεῖν τοὺς οὐκ
ἀξίους ἐπαίνου κρίνασα. ἀλλ̓ οἱ μὲν ἐπειδὰν καινόν
τινα μῦθον καὶ μηδέπω τοῖς πρόσθεν ἐπινοηθέντα
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