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καὶ βαρείας περὶ τοῦ θεοῦ δόξας ἀπωσαμένῃ,
ἀλλ᾽ ὥσπερ ἐν ἀσεβῶν χώρῳ τῷ ὕπνῳ τῶν δεισιδαιμόνων εἴδωλα φρικώδη
καὶ τεράστια φάσματα καὶ ποινάς τινας ἐγείρουσα καὶ στροβοῦσα τὴν ἀθλίαν
ψυχὴν ἐκδιώκει τοῖς ὀνείροις ἐκ τῶν ὕπνων, [p. 406]
μαστιζομένην καὶ κολαζομένην αὐτὴν ὑφ᾽ αὑτῆς ὡς ὑφ᾽ ἑτέρου, καὶ δεινὰ
προστάγματα καὶ ἀλλόκοτα λαμβάνουσαν. εἶτ᾽ ἐξαναστάντες οὐ κατεφρόνησαν
οὐδὲ κατεγέλασαν, οὐδ᾽ ᾔσθοντο ὅτι τῶν ταραξάντων οὐδὲν ἦν ἀληθινόν, ἀλλὰ σκιὰν φεύγοντες ἀπάτης
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1888. 1.
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