57. φύονται δὲ οἱ μύκητες γηγενεῖς καὶ εἰσιν αὐτῶν ἐδώδιμοι ὀλίγοι: οἱ γὰρ πολλοὶ ἀποπνίγουσιν. διὸ καὶ Ἐπίχαρμος παίζων ἔφη: ’
ἐγὼ γὰρ εἰ τῶν ὑμετέρων φάγοιμί τι,
μύκητας ὠμοὺς ἂν φαγεῖν ἐμοὶ δοκῶ
καὶ στρυφνὰ μῆλα κεἴ τι πνίγει βρῶμά τι.
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κατὰ Ἀριστοτέλους (τέσσαρα δ᾽ ἐστὶ ταῦτα βιβλία ἐπιτιμᾷ τῷ φιλοσόφῳ ὡς οὐ ποιήσαντι λόγου ἄξιον τὸ παροιμίας ἀθροῖσαι, Ἀντιφάνους ὅλον ποιήσαντος δρᾶμα τὸ ἐπιγραφόμενον Παροιμίαι: ἐξ οὗ καὶ παρατίθεται τάδε:
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