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οἷα δ᾽ ἡ χώρα φέρει
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‘ ἀπὸ κράδης ἀποκρέμασθαι δέῃ: φιλόσυκος γάρ εἰμι δαιμονίως: λέξω τά μοι προσπίπτοντα—ἡ συκῆ, ἄνδρες φίλοι, ἡγεμὼν τοῦ καθαρείου βίου
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τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ἐγένετο. δῆλον δὲ τοῦτο ἐκ τοῦ καλεῖν τοὺς Ἀθηναίους ἱερὰν μὲν συκῆν τὸν τόπον ἐν ᾧ πρῶτον εὑρέθη, τὸν δ᾽ ἀπ᾽ αὐτῆς καρπὸν ἡγητηρίαν διὰ τὸ πρῶτον εὑρεθῆναι τῆς ἡμέρου τροφῆς, τῶν δὲ σύκων ἐστὶ γένη πλείονα. Ἀττικὸν μέν, οὗ μνημονεύει Ἀντιφάνης ἐν Ὁμωνύμοις: ἐπαινῶν δὲ τὴν χώραν τὴν Ἀττικὴν τάδε λέγει:
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