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[8] Λέγων ἐδεῖτο τῆς πρεσβύτιδος τῆς Χρυσίου ἄγειν ἐπὶ τὸν τάφον αὐτῆς καὶ δεῖξαι τὸ σῶμα: ἡ δὲ ἀναστενάξασα ‘τοῦτο γὰρ’ ἔφη ‘τῇ κόρῃ τῇ ταλαιπώρῳ τὸ δυστυχέστατον: ὁ μὲν γὰρ Περίλαος καὶ ἔθαψεν αὐτὴν πολυτελῶς καὶ ἐκόσμησε: πυθόμενοι δὲ τὰ συνταφέντα λῃσταί, ἀνορύξαντες τὸν τάφον τόν τε κόσμον ἀνείλοντο καὶ τὸ σῶμα ἀφανὲς ἐποίησαν: ἐφ̓ οἷς πολλὴ καὶ μεγάλη ζήτησις ὑπὸ Περιλάου γίνεται.’
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