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Οἴγνυμεν ἐξ ἑτέρης πόμα πίδακος, ὥστ᾽ ἀρύσασθαι
— Paton edition
ξεῖνον μουσοπόλου γράμμα Λεωνίδεω:
δίστιχα γὰρ ψήφοισιν ἰσάζεται. ἀλλὰ σύ, Μῶμε,
ἔξιθι, κεἰς ἑτέρους ὀξὺν ὀδόντα βάλε.
We open another fountain of drink to quaff from
— Paton edition
it verses of a form hitherto strange to Leonidas.
The letters of the couplets give equal numbers. But
away with thee, Momus, and set thy sharp teeth in
others.
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