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This, then, is the description given by Philoxenus of Cythera, whom Antiphanes praises in his Third-rate Performer, where he says— Philoxenus now does surpass by far All other poets. First of all he everywhere Uses new words peculiar to himself; And then how cleverly doth he mix his melodies With every kind of change and modification! Surely he is a god among weak men, And a most thorough judge of music too, But poets of the present day patch up Phrases of ivy and fountains into verse, And borrow old expressions, talking of Melodies flying on the wings of flowers, And interweave them with their own poor stuff.
