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ὃ δὲ μέγιστον τεκμήριον: δῆμος γὰρ ὁ Πυριλάμπους, τριηραρχῶν εἰς Κύπρον, ἐδεήθη μου προσελθεῖν αὐτῷ, λέγων ὅτι ἔλαβε μὲν1 σύμβολον παρὰ βασιλέως τοῦ μεγάλου φιάλην χρυσῆν, δώσει δ᾽ Ἀριστοφάνει, λαβὼν2 ἑκκαίδεκα μνᾶς ἐπ᾽ αὐτῇ, ἵν᾽ ἔχοι ἀναλίσκειν εἰς τὴν τριηραρχίαν: ἐπειδὴ δὲ εἰς Κύπρον ἀφίκοιτο, λύσεσθαι ἀποδοὺς εἴκοσι μνᾶς: πολλῶν γὰρ ἀγαθῶν καὶ ἄλλων χρημάτων εὐπορήσειν διὰ τὸ σύμβολον ἐν πάσῃ τῇ ἠπείρῳ.
2 dw/sei d' *)aristofa/nei labw\n Sauppe: w(s Ἀριστοφάνην λαβεῖν.
Lysias. Lysias with an English translation by W.R.M. Lamb, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1930.
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