Passage 9.30.3
κάθηται δὲ καὶ Ἡσίοδος κιθάραν ἐπὶ τοῖς γόνασιν ἔχων, οὐδέν τι οἰκεῖον Ἡσιόδῳ φόρημα· δῆλα γὰρ δὴ καὶ ἐξ αὐτῶν τῶν ἐπῶν ὅτι ἐπὶ ῥάβδου δάφνης ᾖδε. περὶ δὲ Ἡσιόδου τε ἡλικίας καὶ Ὁμήρου πολυπραγμονήσαντι ἐς τὸ ἀκριβέστατον οὔ μοι γράφειν ἡδὺ ἦν, ἐπισταμένῳ τὸ φιλαίτιον ἄλλων τε καὶ οὐχ ἥκιστα ὅσοι κατʼ ἐμὲ ἐπὶ ποιήσει τῶν ἐπῶν καθεστήκεσαν.
Hesiod also sits here, holding a lyre upon his knees—an instrument which is in no way appropriate to Hesiod; for it is clear from his own poems that he sang with a laurel staff. Concerning the chronological relationship of Hesiod and Homer, although I have looked carefully into the matter, it was not pleasant for me to write exact details, knowing full well the contentiousness of others, especially of those who in my own day have undertaken the composition of epic poetry.