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νέος μὲν ὢν ἕστηκεν ἐν τῷ σπέρματι,
ὅταν δ᾽ ἀποβάλῃ τοῦτο, πέτεται κοῦφος ὤν,
δήπουθεν ὑπὸ τῶν παιδίων φυσώμενος.
ἔστιν ἄγαλμα βεβηκὸς ἄνω, τὰ κάτω δὲ κεχηνός, [p. 540]
εἰς πόδας ἐκ κεφαλῆς τετρημένον ὀξὺ διαπρό,
ἀνθρώπους τίκτον κατὰ τὴν πυγὴν ἕν᾽ ἕκαστον,
ὧν οἱ μὲν μοίρας ἔλαχον βίου, οἱ δὲ πλανῶνται,
αὐτὸς ἕκαστος ἔχων θαὐτοῦ, καλέων δὲ φυλάττειν.
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πάππος ἀπ᾽ ἀκάνθης: οὗτος γὰρ
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