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‘ χαλκοῦν Ἀθηναίων τὸ δὲ πρῶτον καὶ παλαιότατον τῇ δ᾽
οὐσίᾳ ξύλινον ἔτι νῦν τῶν σοφῶν καλοῦσιν, ὡς οὐχ ἑνὸς ἀλλὰ κοινὸν
ἀνάθημα πάντων γενόμενον [p. 5]
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ὁ μὲν οὖν Ἀμμώνιος ἡσυχῆ διεμειδίασεν, ὑπονοήσας ἰδίᾳ τὸν Λαμπρίαν
δόξῃ κεχρῆσθαι, πλάττεσθαι δ᾽, ἱστορίαν καὶ ἀκοὴν ἑτέρων πρὸς τὸ
ἀνυπεύθυνον. ἕτερος δέ τις ἔφη τῶν παρόντων, ὡς ὅμοια ταῦτ᾽ ἐστὶν οἷς πρῴην ὁ Χαλδαῖος ἐφλυάρει ξένος,
ἑπτὰ μὲν εἶναι τὰ φωνὴν ἰδίαν ἀφιέντα τῶν γραμμάτων , ἑπτὰ δὲ τοὺς
κίνησιν αὐτοτελῆ καὶ ἀσύνδετον ἐν οὐρανῷ κινουμένους ἀστέρας εἶναι
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