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εἰ δὲ καὶ ἤρισεν Ὅμηρος Ἡσιόδωι τῶι Ἀσκραίωι καὶ ἡττήθη, ὅπερ ὄκνος τοῖς Ὁμηρίδαις καὶ λέγειν, ζητητέον ἐν τοῖς εἰς τοῦτο γράψασιν, ἐν οἷς ἔκκεινται καὶ τὰ ῥητὰ τῆς ἔριδος.
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Then again, whether Homer also competed with Hesiod of Ascra and was defeated, something which it is a heresy for the Homerids even to mention, should be enquired about in &lt;the works of&gt; those who have written on the matter, in which are preserved also the precise details of the contest.
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