οὐ γὰρ ἐμυρίζετ᾽ ἐξ ἀλαβάστου, πρᾶγμά τι
γινόμενον ἀεί, κρονικόν, ἀλλὰ τέτταρας
περιστερὰς ἀφῆκεν ἀποβεβαμμένας
εἰς οὐχὶ ταὐτόν, μὰ Δία, τὴν αὐτὴν μύρον,
ἰδίᾳ ὁ δ᾽ ἑκάστην. πετόμεναι δ᾽ αὗται κύκλῳ
ἔρραινον ἡμῶν θαἰμάτια καὶ στρώματα.
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ὥσπερ οὐδὲ ἡμεῖς νῦν οὕτω πολυτίμων τῶν καλλίστων ὑπαρχόντων ὡς λῆρον εἶναι τὰ ἐν τῷ Εἰσοικιζομένῳ Ἀλέξιδος ταυτί3,
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