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‘πάνυ μὲν οὖν’ ἔφη ὁ Σόλων, ‘μὴ καὶ τῶν Αἰγυπτίων ἀκριτώτεροι φανῶμεν, οἳ τὸν νεκρὸν ἀνατεμόντες 1 ἔδειξαν τῷ ἡλίῳ, εἶτ᾽ αὐτὰ 2 μὲν εἰς τὸν ποταμὸν κατέβαλον, τοῦ δ᾽ ἄλλου σώματος ὡς ἤδη καθαροῦ γεγονότος ἐπιμέλονται. τῷ γὰρ ὄντι τοῦτ᾽ ἐστὶ τὸ μίασμα τῆς σαρκὸς ἡμῶν καὶ ὁ τάρταρος; ὁ ἐν Ἅιδου, δεινῶν τινων ῥευμάτων καὶ πνεύματος ὁμοῦ καὶ πυρὸς συμπεφυρμένου καὶ νεκρῶν περίπλεως. ζῶν γὰρ οὐδεὶς 3 ἀπ᾽ οὐδενὸς τρέφεται ζῶντος, ἀλλὰ θανατοῦντες τὰ ἔμψυχα καὶ τὰ φυόμενα τῷ τρέφεσθαι καὶ αὔξεσθαι μετέχοντα τοῦ ζῆν ἀπολλύντες ’
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1888. 1.
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