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β. ποῖόν τι; δεῖ γὰρ κἀμὲ τὸν ξένον μαθεῖν.
α. τὸν ὀψοποιὸν σκευάσαι χρηστῶς μόνον
δεῖ τοὔψον, ὁ ἄλλο δ᾽ οὐδέν. ἂν μὲν οὖν τύχῃ
ὁ ταῦτα μέλλων ἐσθίειν τε καὶ κρινεῖν
εἰς καιρὸν ἐλθών, ὠφέλησε τὴν τέχνην
ἂν δ᾽ ὑστερίζῃ τῆς τεταγμένης ἀκμῆς,
ὥστ᾽ ἢ προοπτήσαντα χλιαίνειν πάλιν,
ἢ μὴ προοπτήσαντα συντελεῖν ταχύ,
ἀπεστέρησε τῆς τέχνης τὴν ἡδονήν.
β. εἰς τοὺς σοφιστὰς τὸν μάγειρον ἐγγράφω.
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