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πολλάκις δὲ παίζων καὶ ἀλώπεκας ἐθήρευε καὶ
ὄρνιθας, ὡς ἔστι λαβεῖν ἐκ τῶν ἐφημερίδων, καταλύσας δὲ καὶ τρεπόμενος
πρός λουτρὸν ἢ ἄλειμμα, τοὺς ἐπὶ τῶν σιτοποιῶν καὶ μαγείρων ἀνέκρινεν
εἰ τὰ πρός τὸ δεῖπνον εὐτρεπῶς ἔχουσι. καὶ δειπνεῖν μὲν ὀψὲ καὶ
σκότους ἤδη κατακλινόμενος ἤρχετο, θαυμαστὴ δὲ ἦν ἡ ἐπιμέλεια καὶ
περίβλεψις ἐπὶ τῆς τραπέζης, ὅπως μηδὲν ἀνίσως μηδὲ ὀλιγώρως
διανέμοιτο: τὸν δὲ [p. 290] πότον, ὥσπερ εἴρηται, μακρόν ὑπὸ
ἀδολεσχίας ἐξέτεινε.
Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1919. 7.
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