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τὰς κυριωτάτας ἔχει δυνάμεις, ἐπιδεικτικὸν δὲ καὶ πανηγυρικὸν οὐδὲν ἔπεστιν ἀλλὰ πολλάκις, ὥσπερ ἰατρὸς λαθὼν ἐθεράπευσε , καὶ φίλος ὠφέλησεν ἐντυχὼν ἢ διαλυσάμενος, ἀγνοοῦντος ἐπιμεληθείς τοιοῦτος Ἀρκεσίλαος περί τε τἄλλα καὶ νοσοῦντος Ἀπελλοῦ τοῦ Χίου τὴν πενίαν καταμαθὼν ἐπανῆλθεν αὖθις ἔχων εἴκοσι δραχμάς, καὶ καθίσας πλησίον ‘ ἐνταῦθα μέν’ εἶπεν ‘οὐδὲν ἢ τὰ Ἐμπεδοκλέους 1 στοιχεῖα ταυτὶ
πῦρ καὶ ὕδωρ καὶ γαῖα καὶ αἰθέρος ἤπιον ὕψος
ἀλλ᾽ οὐδὲ κατάκεισαι σὺ δεξιῶς,’ ἅμα δὲ διακινῶν τὸ προσκεφάλαιον αὐτοῦ, λαθὼν ὑπέβαλε τὸ κερμάτιον.

1 Εμπεδοκλέους] Mullach. vol. 1 p. 3

Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1888. 1.

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