Τιμοκλῆς δ᾽ ἐν Αἰγυπτίοις
οὐκ ἐσθίεις ὕει᾽, ἐγὼ δὲ γ᾽ ἥδομαι
μάλιστα τούτοις: κύνα σέβεις, τύπτω δ᾽ ἐγώ,
τοὔψον κατεσθίουσαν ἡνίκ᾽ ἂν λάβω.
τοὺς ἱερέας ἐνθάδε μὲν ὁλοκλήρους νόμος
εἶναι, παρ᾽ ὑμῖν δ᾽, ὡς ἔοικ᾽, ἀπηργμένους.
τὸν αἰέλουρον κακὸν ἔχοντ᾽ ἐὰν ἴδῃς
κλαίεις, ἐγὼ δ᾽ ἥδιστ᾽ ἀποκτείνας δέρω.
δύναται παρ᾽ ὑμῖν μυγαλῆ, παρ᾽ ἐμοὶ δὲ γ᾽ οὔ.
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