μορφὴν δ᾽ ἀλλάξαντα πατὴρ φίλον υἱὸν ἀείραςἀλλ᾽ εἰδότες καὶ γιγνώσκοντες αὐτοὶ τὰ αὑτῶν τέκνα καθιέρευον, οἱ δ᾽ ἄτεκνοι παρὰ τῶν πενήτων ὠνούμενοι παιδία κατέσφαζον καθάπερ ἄρνας ἢ νεοσσούς,
σφάζει ἐπευχόμενος μέγα νήπιος,
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θυσίαν καὶ ἱερουργίαν ταύτην
νομίζοντας; τί δέ; Καρχηδονίοις οὐκ
ἐλυσιτέλει Κριτίαν λαβοῦσιν ἢ Διαγόραν νομοθέτην ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς μήτε τινὰ
δαιμόνων μήτε θεῶν νομίζειν ἢ τοιαῦτα θύειν οἷα τῷ Κρόνῳ ἔθυον; οὐχ
ὥσπερ Ἐμπεδοκλῆς 1 φησι τῶν τὰ ζῷα θυόντων καθαπτόμενος
1 Ἐμπεδοκλῆς] Mullach. 1 p. 13
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1888. 1.
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