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ἧς σοί γε οὐ μεταδέδωκα. κοινωνήσαντας γὰρ
ἡμᾶς ἀλλήλοις πολλῶν, μὲν ἀλγεινῶν, πολλῶν
δὲ ἡδέων ἔργων τε καὶ λόγων, ἐν πράγμασιν ἰδίοις
τε καὶ δημοσίοις, οἴκοι καὶ ἐπὶ στρατοπέδου,
κοινὸν εὑρίσκεσθαι χρὴ τῶν παρόντων, ὁποῖά
ποτ̓ ἂν ᾖ, παιώνιον ἄκος. ἀλλὰ τίς ἂν ἡμῖν ἢ
τὴν Ὀρφέως μιμήσαιτο λύραν ἢ τοῖς Σειρήνων
ἀντηχήσειε μέλεσιν ἢ τὸ νηπενθὲς ἐξεύροι
φάρμακον; εἴτε λόγος ἦν ἐκεῖνο πλήρης Αἰγυπτίων
διηγημάτων, εἴθ̓ ὅπερ αὐτὸς ἐποίησεν,
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