# P.Herc. 444, 460, 466, 1073, 1074/1081, 1081 209

Philodemus, P.Herc. 444, 460, 466, 1073, 1074/1081, 1081, Column 209. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philodemus/p-herc-444-460-466-1073-1074-1081-1081/209

παραλήψεσιν καλλωπιζούσης. οὐ μὴν ἀλλ’ ὅτι καὶ τὸν ὀπτώμενον ἰχθῦν ἐμφατικῶς διὰ τῶν συμβαινόντων καιταστήσας ε ὖ παρεσκευακέναι λέγεται πᾶν τὸ δεῖπνον, ἐν τούτοις φανερόν ἐστι. τὸ γὰρ τῆς κεφ κεν αλῆς θερμανθείσης πρῆσ μα ἔξω τὸν σοφὸν ἐπὶ τὸ διανόημα ἔσπασεν, ἐμφαῖνον τὸ γινόμενον ἐπὶ τῆς ἰχθῦς ἡμίοπτος φωνῆς, ἅμα δὲ καὶ τηρούμενον τὸ ποητικὸν ἐν ὧι ψυχαγωγεῖ, μὴ κεφαλῆς εἰπόντος ἀλλὰ κρατός, μηδὲ ἐξέσχεν ἀλλ’ ἔξω βέβηκε, μηδὲ τὸν ὀφθαλμ ὸν ἀλλὰ τὸν

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Philodemus, P.Herc. 444, 460, 466, 1073, 1074/1081, 1081. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY 3.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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