paulus silentiarius
εἰς εἰκόνα κιθαριστρίδος ἐν Βυζαντίῳσὸν μὲν κάλλος ἔδειξε μόλις γραφίς: αἴθε δὲ τεύχειν
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ὥς κεν ἐπ᾽ ὀφθαλμοῖσι καὶ οὔασιν, ἔκ τε προσώπου,
ἔκ τε λυροκτυπίης, ἶσον ἐθελγόμεθα.
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