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[5] ὁ δ᾽ ὑπ᾽ Εὐπόλιδος κωμῳδούμενος ἐν τῷ Μαρικᾷ παράγων τινὰ τῶν ἀπραγμόνων καὶ πενήτων λέγει:

Α.
πόσου χρόνου γὰρ συγγεγένησαι Νικίᾳ;

Β.
οὐδ᾽ εἶδον, εἰ μὴ ἔναγχος ἑστῶτ᾽ ἐν ἀγορᾷ.

Α.
ἁνὴρ ὁμολογεῖ Νικίαν ἑορακέναι.
καίτοι τί μαθὼν1 ἂν εἶδεν, εἰ μὴ προὐδίδου;

Γ.
ἠκούσατ᾽, ὦ ξυνήλικες,
ἐπ᾽ αὐτοφώρῳ Νικίαν εἰλημμένον.

Β.
ὑμεῖς γάρ, ὦ φρενοβλαβεῖς,
λάβοιτ᾽ ἂν ἄνδρ᾽ ἄριστον ἐν κακῷ τινι;

Eupolis, Maricas; Kock, Com. Att. Frag. i. p. 308

1 μαθὼν MSS. and edd., including Sintenis1: παθών, an anonymous correction.

Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1916. 3.

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