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ἔχουσ᾽ ὅπου περὶ τῆς γυναικός τις λόγος
γένοιτο, μανίαν τὴν Μέλιτταν ὡς καλὴν
ἔφασκον εἶναι, καὶ προσεξειργάζετο
αὐτὴ τὸ πλεῖον. ἡνίκα τις σκώψειε γάρ,
ῥημάτιον εὐθὺ τοῦτο ‘ μανίαν’ ἀνεβόα,
αὐτὴ θ᾽ ὅτ᾽ ἐπαινοίη τιν᾽ ἢ ψέγοι πάλιν,
ἐπ᾽ ἀμφοτέρων προσέκειτο μανία τῶν λόγων,
διὸ τῆς μανίας τὸ ῥῆμ᾽ ἐπεκτείνας δοκεῖ
καλέσαι τις αὐτὴν τῶν ἐραστῶν Μανίαν:
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