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μέλεσιν. εἶναι γὰρ οἶμαι συμβαίνει τοῖς φαύλοις
τὴν μουσικὴν λυπηροῖς μὲν τοῖς θεάτροις, σφίσι
δ̓ αὐτοῖς ἡδίστοις. ὃ δὴ καὶ αὐτὸς ξυννοήσας
εἴωθα πρὸς ἐμαυτὸν λέγειν ὅπερ ὁ Ἰσμηνίας οὐκ
ἀπὸ τῆς ἴσης μὲν ἕξεως, ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς ὁμοίας, ὡς
ἐμαυτὸν πείθω, μεγαλοφροσύνης, ὅτι δῆτα ταῖς
μούσαις ᾄδω καὶ ἐμαυτῷ.
Τὸ δ̓ ᾆσμα πεζῇ μὲν λέξει πεποίηται, λοιδορίας
δ̓ ἔχει πολλὰς καὶ μεγάλας, οὐκ εἰς ἄλλους μὰ
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