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α3402Ἀπόλογος ἈλκίνουAlkino(o)s' story, Alkino(o)s' tale… long and tedious stories, from that told by Odysseus to Alcinous in Od. 9-12") is found in e.g. Comica Adespota fr. 743b Kock (not in K.-A.); Plato, Republic 614B; Aristotle, Poetics 1455a2; Aristotle, Rhetoric …Matched in noteshighshort

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Ἀπόλογος Ἀλκίνου

Alkino(o)s' story, Alkino(o)s' tale

[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who talk nonsense and stretch a tale out at length.

Ἀπόλογος Ἀλκίνου· ἐπὶ τῶν φλυαρούντων καὶ μακρὸν ἀποτεινόντων λόγον.