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[8] οὔτε βροντή ποτε οὕτως ἐξέπληξε τὰς ἀκοὰς οὔτε ἀστραπὴ τὰς ὄψεις τῶν ἰδόντων, οὔτε θησαυρὸν εὑρών τις χρυσίου τοσοῦτον ἐξεβόησεν, ὡς τότε τὸ πλῆθος, ἀπροσδοκήτως ἰδὸν θέαμα λόγου κρεῖττον. Ἑρμοκράτης δὲ ἀνεπήδησεν ἐπὶ τὴν σκηνὴν καὶ περιπτυξάμενος τὴν θυγατέρα εἶπε ‘ζῇς, τέκνον, ἢ καὶ τοῦτο πεπλάνημαι;’ ‘ζῶ, πάτερ, νῦν ἀληθῶς, ὅτι σε ζῶντα τεθέαμαι.’ δάκρυα πᾶσιν ἐχεῖτο μετὰ χαρᾶς.
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