When he was invited to hear the man who imitated the nightingale, he declined, saying: "I have heard the bird herself."

Παρακαλούμενος δὲ πάλιν ἀκοῦσαι τοῦ τὴν ἀηδόνα μιμουμένου, παρῃτήσατο φήσας, “Αὐτᾶς ἄκουκα.”

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