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ἀχθείσης δὲ παιδίσκης πρὸς αὐτὸν ὡς συναναπαυσομένης περὶ ἑσπέραν βαθεῖαν, ἠρώτησεν ‘ὅ τι τηνικαῦτα’ τῆς δὲ εἰπούσης ‘περιέμενον γὰρ τὸν ἄνδρα κατακλῖναι,'’ 1 πικρῶς ἐπετίμησε τοῖς παισὶν ὡς μικροῦ δι᾽ αὐτοὺς μοιχὸς γενόμενος.
ἐπιθυμιῶντι δὲ τοῖς θεοῖς ἀφειδῶς αὐτῷ καὶ πολλάκις ἐπιδραττομένῳ τοῦ λιβανωτοῦ, παρὼν Λεωνίδης ὁ παιδαγωγός ‘οὕτως’ εἶπεν ‘ὦ παῖ, δαψιλῶς ἐπιθυμιάσεις, ὅταν τῆς λιβανωτοφόρου κρατήσῃς.’ ὡς οὖν ἐκράτησεν, ἔπεμψεν ἐπιστολὴν πρὸς αὐτὸν:
1 κατακλῖναι] κατακλινῆσαι Herwerdenus
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1889. 2.
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