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τὰ ζῷα ἀλγοῦντά γε, ὡς εἰκός, καὶ
τρυχόμενα; ταῦτα πολλοὶ καὶ τῶν περιττῶν
εἴποιεν ἄν: ἐκεῖνα δὲ ἤδη κωμῳδοῦσι καὶ τῶν
ἀνθρώπων οἱ δυσσεβέστατοι. τὰ μὲν ὄρμενά
φασιν ἐσθίεσθαι τῶν λαχάνων, παραιτεῖσθαι δὲ
τὰς ῥίζας, ὥσπερ γογγυλίδας. καὶ σῦκα μὲν
ἐσθίεσθαί φασι, ῥοιὰς δὲ οὐκέτι καὶ μῆλα πρὸς
τούτοις. ταῦτα ἀκηκοὼς μινυριζόντων πολλῶν
πολλάκις, ἀλλὰ καὶ αὐτὸς εἰρηκὼς πρότερον
ἔοικα ἐγὼ μόνος ἐκ πάντων πολλὴν εἴσεσθαι τοῖς
δεσπόταις θεοῖς μάλιστα μὲν ἅπασι, πρὸ τῶν
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