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“ εἰπόντος ὅτι ἑκκαιδεκαέτης, ‘μικρός γε, ἔφη, ὡς τοσούτων ἐτῶν.’ νεανίσκων δέ τινων παρὰ πότον ὑπὲρ αὐτῆς τυπτόντων ἑαυτοὺς ἔφη πρὸς τὸν ἡττώμενον ‘ θάρρει, παιδίον οὐ γὰρ στεφανίτης ὁ ἀγών ἐστιν, ἀλλ᾽ ἀργυρίτης.’ ὡς δ᾽ ὁ τὴν μνᾶν τῇ θυγατρὶ δοὺς αὐτῆς οὐδὲν ἔτι ἔφερεν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐφοίτα μόνον, ‘ παιδίον, ἔφη, ὥσπερ πρὸς Ἱππόμαχον τὸν παιδοτρίβην μνᾶν δοὺς οἴει αἰεὶ φοιτήσειν;’ Φρύνης δὲ πικρότερον εἰπούσης αὐτῇ ‘εἰ δὲ λίθον, ἔφη, εἶχες,’ ‘ ἀποψήσασθαι ἄν σοι ἔδωκα.’ ἐτύγχανεν δὲ ἡ μὲν αἰτίον ἔχουσα
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