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95: To the door-keeper, feet seven fathoms long...
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95: To the door-keeper, feet seven fathoms long...

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Θυρώρῳ πόδεσ ἐπτορόγυιοι
τὰ δὲ σάμβαλα πεμπεβόνα,
πίσυγγοι δὲ δέκ᾽ ἐξεπόνασαν. [transcription]

To the door-keeper, feet seven fathoms long, and sandals of five bulls' hides, work for ten cobblers.

Quoted by Hephaestion as a specimen of metre.

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