’ 61. [p. 508] ἐπὶ τούτῳ ἐλεγχθεὶς ὁ Σύρος καὶ δηχθεὶς σφόδρα ‘ ἀλλὰ μήν, ἔφη, παράκειται ἡμῖν ἐπὶ τῆς τραπέζης καὶ ψιττάκια: ἅπερ ἢν εἴπῃς παρὰ τίνι κεῖται, ' δώσω σοι ' οὐ ' χρυσέους δέκα στατῆρας ' κατὰ τὸν Ποντικὸν λεσχηνευτήν, ἀλλὰ τουτὶ τὸ ἔκπωμα.’ σιωπήσαντος δὲ τοῦ Δημοκρίτου ‘ ἀλλ᾽ ἐπεὶ ἀπορεῖς, ἔφη, ἐγώ σε διδάξω. Νίκανδρος μὲν ὁ Κολοφώνιος’
οἴμοι τάλας, δάκνει,
δάκνει, ἀπεσθίει μου τὴν ἀκοήν.
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