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εἰσῆλθεν ἐπὶ κώθωνα πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα
Πτολεμαῖον εἰώθει δὲ συμπίνειν αἰεὶ
αὐτῷ. λέγει δ᾽ οὖν ὑστεροῦσα παρὰ πολύ: ‘Πτολεμαῖε,
διψῶ, φησί, παππία, σφόδρα:
ἀλλ᾽ ἐγχεάτω μοι τέτταρας κοτύλας πιεῖν
εἰς τὴν μεγάλην.’ ἔπειτεν ὁ βασιλεὺς λέγει: ‘
εἰς τὴν λεκάνην μὲν οὖν δοκεῖς γάρ μοι πολύν,
Ἵππη, πάνυ χόρτον, φησί, καταβεβρωκέναι.’
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