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Εἰ μὲν οὖν ἄσυλος ἔμενε τῶν ὀνησιφόρων διηγημάτων ἡ μνήμη, καὶ μὴ τῆς λήθης ἡ λώβη οἶά τις ἀχλὺς ἐπιπαττομένη ἐξίτηλον αὐτὴν…","divisions":[{"label":"ΠΡΟΛΟΓΟΣ.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg4089.tlg004.local001/#tlg4089-tlg004-local001-prologos"},{"label":"α","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg4089.tlg004.local001/#tlg4089-tlg004-local001-1"},{"label":"β","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg4089.tlg004.local001/#tlg4089-tlg004-local001-2"},{"label":"γ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg4089.tlg004.local001/#tlg4089-tlg004-local001-3"},{"label":"δ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg4089.tlg004.local001/#tlg4089-tlg004-local001-4"},{"label":"ε","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg4089.tlg004.local001/#tlg4089-tlg004-local001-5"},{"label":"ς","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg4089.tlg004.local001/#tlg4089-tlg004-local001-6"},{"label":"ζ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg4089.tlg004.local001/#tlg4089-tlg004-local001-7"},{"label":"η","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg4089.tlg004.local001/#tlg4089-tlg004-local001-8"},{"label":"θ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg4089.tlg004.local001/#tlg4089-tlg004-local001-9"},{"label":"Chapter 10","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg4089.tlg004.local001/#tlg4089-tlg004-local001-10"},{"label":"α","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg4089.tlg004.local001/#tlg4089-tlg004-local001-11"},{"label":"β","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg4089.tlg004.local001/#tlg4089-tlg004-local001-12"},{"label":"γ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg4089.tlg004.local001/#tlg4089-tlg004-local001-13"},{"label":"δ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg4089.tlg004.local001/#tlg4089-tlg004-local001-14"},{"label":"ε","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg4089.tlg004.local001/#tlg4089-tlg004-local001-15"},{"label":"ς","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg4089.tlg004.local001/#tlg4089-tlg004-local001-16"},{"label":"ζ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg4089.tlg004.local001/#tlg4089-tlg004-local001-17"},{"label":"η","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg4089.tlg004.local001/#tlg4089-tlg004-local001-18"},{"label":"θ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg4089.tlg004.local001/#tlg4089-tlg004-local001-19"},{"label":"Chapter 20","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg4089.tlg004.local001/#tlg4089-tlg004-local001-20"},{"label":"α","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg4089.tlg004.local001/#tlg4089-tlg004-local001-21"},{"label":"β","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg4089.tlg004.local001/#tlg4089-tlg004-local001-22"},{"label":"γ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg4089.tlg004.local001/#tlg4089-tlg004-local001-23"},{"label":"δ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg4089.tlg004.local001/#tlg4089-tlg004-local001-24"},{"label":"ε","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg4089.tlg004.local001/#tlg4089-tlg004-local001-25"},{"label":"ς","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg4089.tlg004.local001/#tlg4089-tlg004-local001-26"},{"label":"ζ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg4089.tlg004.local001/#tlg4089-tlg004-local001-27"},{"label":"η","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg4089.tlg004.local001/#tlg4089-tlg004-local001-28"},{"label":"θ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg4089.tlg004.local001/#tlg4089-tlg004-local001-29"},{"label":"Chapter 30","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg4089.tlg004.local001/#tlg4089-tlg004-local001-30"}],"formats":{"html":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg4089.tlg004.local001/","json":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/api/works/tlg4089.tlg004.local001.json","compressedReadingDocument":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg4089/tlg004/local001.json.gz"}}