ὅ τι μόνον ἡμῖν προῖκ᾽ ἔδωκαν οἱ θεοὶ 3
τὸν ὕπνου, τί τοῦτο πολυτελὲς σαυτῷ 4 ποιεῖς;
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σῴζειν δοκοῦντες:
ἡμεῖς δὲ τοῖς θεοῖς ἀξιοῦμεν ὀρθῷ τῷ στόματι καὶ δικαίῳ
προσεύχεσθαι, καὶ μὴ τὴν ἐπὶ τῶν σπλάγχνων
μὲν γλῶτταν εἰ καθαρὰ καὶ ὀρθὴ σκοπεῖν, τὴν δ᾽ ἑαυτῶν διαστρέφοντας καὶ
μολύνοντας ἀτόποις ὀνόμασι καὶ ῥήμασι βαρβαρικοῖς καταισχύνειν καὶ
παρανομεῖν εἰς 1 τὸ θεῖον καὶ πάτριον ἀξίωμα τῆς εὐσεβείας. ἀλλ᾽ ὅ γε
κωμικὸς 2 οὐκ ἀηδῶς εἴρηκέ που πρὸς τοὺς
καταχρυσοῦντας τὰ κλινίδια καὶ καταργυροῦντας [p. 407]
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1888. 1.
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