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‘ τινα παροιμίαν λέγουσιν ἰὴ παιών ' καὶ οὐχὶ ' ἵε παῖ πολλοὶ δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τοῖς τέλος ἔχουσιν ἐπιφθεγγόμενοι οἱ μὲν ἐν παροιμίᾳ φασὶν οὕτως τοῦτο δὴ τὸ λεγόμενον ἰὴ παιών,' διὰ δὲ τὸ λίαν ἡμῖν εἶναι σύνηθες λανθάνον ὂν ἐν παροιμίᾳ: οἱ δὲ τὸ τοιοῦτο λέγοντες οὐχ ὡς παροιμίαν. τὸ δὲ ὑφ᾽ Ἡρακλείδου τοῦ Ποντικοῦ λεχθὲν φανερῶς πέπλασται, ἐπὶ σπονδαῖς τοῦτο πρῶτον εἰς τρὶς εἰπεῖν
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τὸν θεὸν οὕτως ' ἰὴ παιάν, ἰὴ παιάν, ἰὴ παιάν.' ἐκ ταύτης γὰρ τῆς πίστεως τὸ τρίμετρον καλούμενον
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