’ παρατεθέντος δέ ποτε καὶ ἰχθύος μεγάλου ἐν ὀξάλμῃ καὶ εἰπόντος τινὸς ἥδιστον εἶναι ὀψάριον πᾶν τὸ ἐν ὀξάλμῃ παρατιθέμενον, συναγαγὼν τὰς ὀφρῦς ὁ τὰς ἀκάνθας ἀγείρων Οὐλπιανὸς “ ποῦ κεῖται,” ἔφη, “ ὀξάλμη; ὀψάριον γὰρ παρ᾽ οὐδενὶ τῶν ζώντων λεγόμενον οἶδα.” οἱ μὲν οὖν πολλοὶ μακρά χαίρειν εἰπόντες αὐτῷ ἐδείπνουν, τοῦ Κυνούλκου τὰ ἐξ Αὐρῶν Μεταγένους ἀναφωνήσαντος:
ἀκρολίπαροι, τὸ δ᾽ ἄλλο σῶμ᾽ ὑπόξυλον.
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