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ὁ Περσῶν βασιλεὺς ῾βούλομαι γάρ τι ὑμῖν καὶ φαιδρὸν εἰπεῖν᾽ στέφανον ἐς μύρον βάψας ῾διεπέπλεκτο δὲ ῥόδων ὁ στέφανοσ᾽ ἔπεμψεν Ἀνταλκίδᾳ πρεσβεύοντι ὑπὲρ εἰρήνης πρὸς αὐτόν. ὃ δὲ ῾δέχομαι μὲν᾽ ἔφη ῾τὸ δῶρον καὶ ἐπαινῶ τὴν φιλοφροσύνην, ἀπώλεσας δὲ τὴν ὀσμὴν τῶν ῥόδων καὶ τὴν τῆς φύσεως εὐωδίαν διὰ τὴν ἐκ τῆς τέχνης κιβδηλίαν.
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