Φερεκράτης δὲ ἢ ὁ πεποιηκὼς τὸ δρᾶμα τοὺς Πέρσας μνημονεύων καὶ αὐτὸς ἀνθῶν τινων στεφανωτικῶν φησινὁ δὲ πεποιηκὼς τοὺς εἰς αὐτὸν ἀναφερομένους Μεταλλεῖς φησιν
ὦ μαλάχας μὲν ἐξερῶν, ἀναπνέων δ᾽ ὑάκινθον,
καὶ μελιλώτινον λαλῶν καὶ ῥόδα προσσεσηρώς: [p. 168]
ὦ φιλῶν μὲν ἀμάρακον, προσκινῶν δὲ σέλινα,
γελῶν δ᾽ ἱπποσέλινα καὶ κοσμοσάνδαλα βαίνων,
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