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athens_n for_o his_o go_v to_o archelaus_n as_o for_o what_o you_o write_v from_o athens_n say_v he_o pray_v know_v that_o i_o value_v no_o more_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d what_o agatho_n or_o mesatus_n now_o say_v than_o i_o former_o do_v what_o aristophanes_n babble_a here_o we_o have_v the_o poet_n agatho_n for_o without_o doubt_n he_o mean_v the_o poet_n since_o he_o have_v join_v he_o with_o aristophanes_n reside_v at_o athens_n and_o blame_v euripides_n for_o live_v with_o archelaus_n now_o can_v any_o thing_n be_v more_o unfortunate_a for_o our_o sabirius_n pollo_n than_o the_o name_n of_o this_o man_n for_o even_o this_o agatho_n himself_o be_v then_o with_o archelaus_n in_o 〈◊〉_d in_o aelian_a two_o 21._o &_o xiii_o 4._o plut._n in_o apoph_n schol._n aristoph_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d euripides_n company_n beside_o that_o they_o be_v always_o good_a friend_n and_o acquaintance_n not_o there_o only_o but_o before_o at_o athens_n but_o perhaps_o some_o may_v suspect_v it_o be_v another_o agatho_n a_o cant._n a_o vita_fw-la eurip._n p._n 29._o ed._n cant._n comic_a poet_n that_o be_v mean_v in_o the_o letter_n and_o not_o the_o famous_a agatho_n the_o tragedian_n this_o i_o find_v to_o be_v the_o opinion_n of_o the_o learned_a person_n abovenamed_a but_o i_o will_v make_v bold_a to_o expunge_v this_o comic_a agatho_n out_o of_o the_o catalogue_n of_o mankind_n for_o he_o spring_v but_o up_o like_o a_o mushroom_n out_o of_o a_o rot_a passage_n in_o suidas_n who_o after_o he_o have_v speak_v of_o agatho_n the_o tragic_a poet_n have_v these_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o his_o interpreter_n wolfius_n and_o portus_n thus_o translate_v fuit_fw-la &_o alius_fw-la agatho_n comoediarum_fw-la scriptor_n but_o there_o be_v nothing_o like_o fuit_fw-la &_o alius_fw-la in_o the_o original_a but_o the_o same_o agatho_n be_v here_o mean_v that_o be_v mention_v before_o this_o they_o may_v have_v know_v from_o the_o follow_a word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o be_v libel_v for_o his_o effeminateness_n for_o who_o can_v that_o belong_v to_o but_o to_o agatho_n the_o tragedian_n who_o praec_fw-la who_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rhet._n praec_fw-la lucian_n rank_n with_o cinyras_n and_o sardanapalus_n do_v but_o read_v aristophanes_n thesmophoriazusae_fw-la and_o you_o will_v see_v he_o ridicule_v upon_o that_o score_n for_o some_o page_n together_o the_o scholiast_n upon_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o same_o poet_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d here_o you_o see_v it_o be_v express_o say_v 133._o say_v p._n 133._o agatho_n the_o tragedian_n be_v traduce_v as_o effeminate_a it_o follow_v present_o in_o the_o same_o scholiast_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d where_o we_o have_v the_o very_a word_n of_o suidas_n apply_v to_o the_o tragedian_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o same_o agatho_n be_v a_o comedian_n socrates_n be_v his_o master_n not_o another_o as_o the_o 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