42. καὶ μαγείρων μὲν ἅλις: περὶ δὲ τοῦ γόγγρου ”
ἐνέκρυψὰ θ᾽ ὥσπερ δαλὸν εἰς πολλὴν τέφραν.
ἀφύην θ᾽ ἅμ᾽ αὐτῇ παρέλαβον Φαληρικὴν
εἷς κύαθος ἐνταῦθ᾽ ὕδατος ἐπιχυθεὶς πολύ:
τεμὼν δὲ λεπτὴν τῆς χλόης καὶ πλείονα,
κἂν ᾖ δικότυλος λήκυθος, καταστρέφω.
τί λοιπόν; οὐδὲν ἄλλο. τοῦτ᾽ ἐσθ᾽ ἡ τέχνη,
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