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λέγων εὑρεθῆναί φησι καὶ τάδε: ‘Ὀρεσθεὺς ὁ Δευκαλίωνος ἦλθεν εἰς Αἰτωλίαν ἐπὶ βασιλείᾳ, καὶ κύων αὐτοῦ στέλεχος ἔτεκε: καὶ ὃς ἐκέλευσεν αὐτὸ κατορυχθῆναι, καὶ ἐξ αὐτοῦ ἔφυ ἄμπελος πολυστάφυλος, διὸ καὶ τὸν αὑτοῦ παῖδα Φύτιον ἐκάλεσε. τούτου δ᾽ Οἰνεὺς ἐγένετο κληθεὶς ἀπὸ τῶν ἀμπέλων.’ οἱ γὰρ παλαιοί, φησίν, Ἕλληνες οἴνας ἐκάλουν τὰς ἀμπέλους. ‘Οἰνέως δ᾽ ἐγένετο Αἰτωλός.’ Πλάτων δ᾽ ἐν Κρατύλῳ
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