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Κυλλήνην ὄρος Ἀρκάδων ἀκούεις:
αὕτη σῆμ᾽ ἐπίκειτ᾽ Ἀπολλοδώρῳ.
Πίσηθέν μιν ἰόντα νυκτὸς ὥρῃ
ἔκτεινεν Διόθεν πεσὼν κεραυνός.
τηλοῦ δ᾽ Αἰανέης τε καὶ Βεροίης
νικηθεὶς Διὸς ὁ δρομεὺς καθεύδει.

— Antipater of Thessalonica

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