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“ φιλεῖν, καθάπερ ταῖς πρότερον ἡμέραις ἀεί,
ὀργιζομένης δὲ διὰ τὸ μηδὲν λαμβάνειν, ἔπειθ᾽ ὁ τραγῳδὸς ‘ οὐχ ὁρᾷς, Γνάθαιν᾽, ἔφη, ὑπερηφάνως μοι τὴν θυγατέρα χρωμένην;’ ἡ γραῦς δ᾽ ἀγανακτήσασα ‘ τάλαν, ἔφη, τέκνον περίλαβε, φησί, καὶ φίλησον, εἰ θέλει.’ ἡ δ᾽ εἶπε ‘ μῆτερ, πῶς, ἔφη, μέλλω φιλεῖν τὸν μηδὲν ὠφέλημα, τὸν ὑπὸ τὰς στέγας τὸ κοῖλον Ἄργος δωρεὰν θέλοντ᾽ ἔχειν.’ ”
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