Φιλόξενος δ᾽ ὁ διθυραμβοποιὸς ἐν τῷ ἐπιγραφομένῳ Δείπνῳ ἀρχὴν ποιεῖται τὸν στέφανον τῆς εὐωχίας οὑτωσὶ λέγων
καὶ σὺ μὲν
τὴν δευτέραν τράπεζαν εὐτρεπῆ ποίει,
κόσμησον αὐτὴν παντοδαποῖς τραγήμασιν,
μύρον, στεφάνους, λιβανωτόν, αὐλητρίδα λαβέ.
κατὰ χειρὸς δ᾽
ἤλυθ᾽ ὕδωρ: ἁπαλὸς παιδίσκος ἐν ἀργυρέᾳ φέρων
προχόῳ ἐπέχευεν.
εἶτ᾽ ἔφερεν στέφανον λεπτᾶς ἀπὸ μυρτίδος εὐγνήτων
κλάδων δισύναπτον.
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