ὡς Διωνύσοι᾽ ἄνακτος καλὸν ἐξάρξαι μέλος
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περιέλαβον ἔθεσι καὶ νόμοις τοὺς τῶν θεῶν ὕμνους ᾁδειν ἅπαντας ἐν ταῖς ἑστιάσεσιν, ὅπως καὶ διὰ τούτων τηρῆται τὸ καλὸν καὶ σωφρονικὸν ἡμῶν. ἐν ἁρμονίων γὰρ ὄντων τῶν ᾀσμάτων προσγενόμενος ὁ τῶν θεῶν λόγος
ἀποσεμνύνει τὸν ἑκάστων τρόπον.
[p. 386] Φιλόχορος δέ φησιν ὡς οἱ παλαιοὶ σπένδοντες οὐκ αἰεὶ διθυραμβοῦσιν, ἀλλ᾽ ὅταν σπένδωσι, τὸν μὲν Διόνυσον ἐν οἴνῳ καὶ μέθῃ, τὸν δ᾽ Ἀπόλλωνα μεθ᾽ ἡσυχίας καὶ τάξεως μέλποντες. Ἀρχίλοχος γοῦν φησιν
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