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σφίγγ᾽ ἄρρεν᾽, οὐ μάγειρον, εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν
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‘ οὐκ ὀλίγην ὑμῖν θυμηδίαν παρέχουσιν.’ καὶ ὁ παῖς ἐπὶ τῇ μαγειρικῇ σοφίᾳ ἐπαινεθεὶς ‘τί τοιοῦτον εὑρήκασιν,’ ἔφη, ‘ἢ εἰρήκασιν οἱ πρὸ ἐμοῦ; ἢ ἐπὶ μετρίους ἐμαυτὸν ἄγω οὐ
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μεγαλαυχούμενος ἐπ᾽ ἐμαυτῷ; καίτοι καὶ ὁ πρῶτος τῶν τὸν Ὀλυμπίασιν ἀγῶνα ἀναδησαμένων Κόροιβος ὁ Ἠλεῖος μάγειρος ἦν καὶ οὐχ οὕτως ὠγκύλλετο ἐπὶ τῇ τέχνῃ ὡς ὁ παρὰ Στράτωνι μάγειρος ἐν τῷ Φοινικίδῃ, περὶ οὗ τοιαῦτα λέγει ὁ μεμισθωμένος:
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