Rhet gre 1405b25-27ἐπεὶ δ’ ἱκανὸν ἔδωκεν, (26) ἐποίησε
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(27) καίτοι καὶ τῶν ὄνων θυγατέρες ἦσαν.
Rhys Roberts 1924 engSimonides, when the victor in the mule—race offered him a small fee, refused to write him an ode, because, he said, it was so unpleasant to write odes to half—asses:
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