Λυγκεὺς δὲ ἐν δευτέρῳ περὶ Μενάνδρου ‘ ἐπὶ γελοίοις,’ φησί, ‘ δόξαν εἰληφότες Εὐκλείδης ὁ Σμικρίνου καὶ Φιλόξενος ἡ Πτερνοκοπίς: ὧν ὁ μὲν Εὐκλείδης ἀποφθεγγόμενος οὐκ ἀνάξια βιβλίου καὶ μνήμης ἐν τοῖς ἄλλοις ἦν ἀηδὴς καὶ ψυχρός, ὁ δὲ Φιλόξενος οὐδὲν ἐπὶ κεφαλαίου περιττὸν λέγων ’”
Πτολεμαῖος. “ οὐκ οἶδ᾽, εἶπεν, οὐδέπω σαφῶς:
πεπότικε μὲν γὰρ ὥσπερ ἰατρός μ᾽, ἔφη,
ἃ δεῖ: φαγεῖν δὲ σιτί᾽ οὐ δέδωκέ πω.”
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