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‘ ’ διὰ τοῦτο δὲ καὶ τὸν καλλωπισμὸν τῆς πόλεως; ἀπήλασεν.
ὁρίσαντος δὲ αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸν χρόνον τῶν τε γαμουμένων καὶ τῶν γαμούντων, πρὸς τὸν ζητοῦντα, 1 ἵν᾽ ἔφη ‘τὰ γεννώμενα ἰσχυρὰ ἐκ τελείων γεννώμενα. ’
πρὸς δὲ τὸν θαυμάζοντα, διότι τὸν γεγαμηκότα ἀπεῖρξε μὴ συγκοιμᾶσθαι τῇ γεγαμημένῃ, προσέταξε δὲ τὸ πλεῖστον τῆς ἡμέρας; συνεῖναι τοῖς ἡλικιώταις καὶ τὰς νύκτας ὅλας συναναπαύεσθαι, τῇ δὲ νύμφῃ κρύφα καὶ μετ᾽ εὐλαβείας συνεῖναι, ‘ὅπως’ ἔφη ‘καὶ τοῖς σώμασιν ἰσχυροὶ ὦσι διακορεῖς μὴ ’
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1889. 2.
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