text_original: _Cicada_  So that Homer was not a poet who depended upon rules, but was the cause of the rules which serve for those who are more apt at imitation than invention, and they have been used by him who, being no poet, yet knew how to take the rules of Homeric poetry into service, so as to become, not a poet or a Homer, but one who apes the Muse of others?
text_transcription: CHICATA SO THAT HOMER WAS NOT A POET WHO DEPENDED UPON RULES BUT WAS THE CAUSE OF THE RULES WHICH SERVE FOR THOSE WHO ARE MORE APT AT IMITATION THAN INVENTION AND THEY HAVE BEEN USED BY HIM WHO BEING NO POET YET KNEW HOW TO TAKE THE RULES OF HER POETRY INTO SERVICE SO AS TO BECOME NOT A POET OR A HOMER BUT ONE WHO APES THE MUSE OF OTHERS
phonemes: sᵻkˈeɪdə sˌoʊ ðæt hˈoʊmɚ wʌz nˌɑːɾə pˈoʊɪt hˌuː dᵻpˈɛndᵻd əpˌɑːn ɹˈuːlz, bˌʌt wʌzðə kˈɔːz ʌvðə ɹˈuːlz wˌɪtʃ sˈɜːv fɔːɹ ðoʊz hˌuː ɑːɹ mˈɔːɹ ˈæpt æɾ ˌɪmɪtˈeɪʃən ðɐn ɪnvˈɛnʃən, ænd ðeɪ hɐvbɪn jˈuːzd baɪ hˌɪm hˈuː, bˌiːɪŋ nˈoʊ pˈoʊɪt, jˈɛt nˈuː hˌaʊ tə tˈeɪk ðə ɹˈuːlz ʌv hoʊmˈɛɹɪk pˈoʊɪtɹi ˌɪntʊ sˈɜːvɪs, sˌoʊ æz tə bɪkˈʌm, nˌɑːɾə pˈoʊɪt ɔːɹ ɐ hˈoʊmɚ, bˌʌt wˈʌn hˌuː ˈeɪps ðə mjˈuːz ʌv ˈʌðɚz?