Ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς τὸν εἱρμὸν ἀνακόπτων τοῦ διη- γήματος, λέγει τῷ υἱῷ ‘καὶ τίς ἦν, τέκνον, ἡ τούτων ὑπόθεσιςʼ; ἀναλαβὼν δὲ ὁ παῖς τὸν λόγον ἄνωθεν διηγεῖτο λέγων·