οὐκ ἔστιν οὐδὲν θηρίον τῶν ἰχθύων
ἀτυχέστερον. τὸ μὴ γὰρ ἀποχρῆν ἀποθανεῖν
αὐτοῖς ἁλοῦσιν, εἶτα κατεδηδεσμένοις
εὐθὺς ταφῆναι, παραδοθέντες ἄθλιοι
τοῖς ἰχθυοπώλαις τοῖς κακῶς ἀπολουμένοις
σήπονθ᾽, ἕωλοι κείμενοι δύ᾽ ἡμέρας
ἢ τρεῖς, μόλις δ᾽ ἐὰν ποτ᾽ ὠνητὴν τυφλὸν
λάβωσ᾽, ἔδωκαν τῶν νεκρῶν ἀναίρεσιν
τούτῳ: κομίσας δ᾽ ἐξέβαλεν ... οἴκαδε,
τὴν πεῖραν ἐν τῇ ῥινὶ τῆς ὀδμῆς λαβών.
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