τὰ τ᾽ ἄλλα δεινούς φασι τοὺς Αἰγυπτίους
εἶναι τὸ νομίσαι τ᾽ ἰσόθεον τὴν ἔγχελυν
πολὺ τῶν θεῶν γάρ ἐστι τιμιωτέρα.
τῶν μὲν γὰρ εὐξαμένοισιν ἔσθ᾽ ἡμῖν τυχεῖν,
τούτων δὲ δραχμὰς τοὐλάχιστον δώδεκα
ἢ πλέον ἀναλώσασιν ὀσφρέσθαι μόνον
οὕτως ἔσθ᾽ ἅγιον παντελῶς τὸ θηρίον. [p. 344]
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τὸ βάθος τοῦ κεκαυμένου ὕδατος δηλώσῃ.
55. Ἀντιφάνης δὲ ἐν Λύκωνι κωμῳδῶν τοὺς Αἰγυπτίους φησίν
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