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‘ ἡ Λητὼ τῶν παίδων τὸν ἕτερον ἐν ταῖς ἀγκάλαις ἔχουσα, προσβᾶσα τῷ λίθῳ τῷ νῦν ἔτι κειμένῳ ὑπὸ τῷ ποδὶ τῆς χαλκῆς εἰργασμένης Λητοῦς, ὃ τῆς τότε πράξεως μίμημα γενόμενον ἀνάκειται παρά: τὴν πλάτανον ἐν Δελφοῖς, εἶπεν ‘ἵε παῖ.’ τυχεῖν δὲ τόξα μετὰ χεῖρας ἔχοντα τὸν Ἀπόλλωνα.᾿ τοῦτο δ᾽ ἐστὶν ὡς ἂν εἴποι τις ‘ἄφιε παῖ’ καὶ ‘ βάλε παῖ.’ διόπερ ἀπὸ τούτου λεχθῆναί φασιν τὸ ἵε παῖ καὶ ἵε παιών.' ἔνιοι δὲ παρεγκλίνοντές τε τὴν λέξιν καὶ ψιλοῦντες ἐπὶ τοῖς δεινοῖς
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