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quid? de Apollonio, Diocli1 filio, Panhormitano, cui
gemino cognomen est, praeteriri potest? ecquid hoc tota
Sicilia clarius, ecquid indignius, ecquid manifestius proferri
potest? quem, ut Panhormum venit, ad se vocari et de
tribunali citari iussit concursu magno frequentiaque conventus.
homines statim loqui: 'mirabar quod Apollonius,
homo pecuniosus, tam diu ab isto maneret integer; excogitavit
nescio quid, nescio quid2 attulit; profecto homo dives
repente a Verre non sine causa citatur.' exspectatio summa
omnium3 quidnam id esset, cum exanimatus subito ipse accurrit
cum adulescente filio; nam pater grandis natu iam
diu lecto tenebatur.
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