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Χορός
300ὅρα δ᾽ ὅπως ὠθήσομεν τούσδε τοὺς ἐξ ἄστεως
ἥκοντας, ὅσοι πρὸ τοῦ
μέν, ἡνίκ᾽ ἔδει λαβεῖν
ἐλθόντ᾽ ὀβολὸν μόνον,
καθῆντο λαλοῦντες
ἐν τοῖς στεφανώμασιν,
νυνὶ δ᾽ ἐνοχλοῦσ᾽ ἄγαν.
ἀλλ᾽ οὐχί, Μυρωνίδης
ὅτ᾽ ἦρχεν ὁ γεννάδας,
οὐδεὶς ἂν ἐτόλμα
305τὰ τῆς πόλεως διοικεῖν
ἀργύριον φέρων:
ἀλλ᾽ ἧκεν ἕκαστος
ἐν ἀσκιδίῳ φέρων
πιεῖν ἅμα τ᾽ ἄρτον αὑτῷ
καὶ δύο κρομμύω
καὶ τρεῖς ἂν ἐλάας.
νυνὶ δὲ τριώβολον
ζητοῦσι λαβεῖν, ὅταν
πράττωσί τι κοινὸν ὥσ-
310περ πηλοφοροῦντες.
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