’ Πλάτων δ᾽ ὁ κωμῳδιοποιὸς ἐν Ποιητῇ ἀρρενικῶς ἔφη ‘ τὸν δέλφακα ἀπῆγε σιγῇ.’ ἦν δὲ καὶ παλαιὸς νόμος, ὥς φησιν Ἀνδροτίων, τῆς [p. 200] ἐπιγονῆς ἕνεκα τῶν θρεμμάτων μὴ σφάττειν πρόβατον ἄπεκτον ἢ ἄτοκον διὸ τὰ ἤδη τέλεια ἤσθιον
τά τε δμώεσσι πάρεστι
χοίρε᾽, ἀτὰρ σιάλους γε σύας μνηστῆρες ἔδουσι.
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ἡλικιῶν φησι: ‘ τῶν δὲ συῶν τὰ μὲν ἤδη συμπεπηγότα δέλφακες, τὰ δ᾽ ἁπαλὰ καὶ ἔνικμα χοῖροι, ἔνθεν τὸ Ὁμηρικὸν σαφὲς γίνεται:
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