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πυνθανομένου δέ τινος διὰ τί πάντα τὰ τῶν θεῶν ξόανα μεθ᾽ ὅπλων ἵδρυται παρ᾽ αὐτοῖς, ‘ὅπως’ ἔφη ‘μήτε τὰ κατὰ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ὀνείδη λεγόμενα διὰ τὴν δειλίαν ἐπὶ τοὺς θεοὺς ἀναφέρωμεν, μήτε οἱ νέοι ἄοπλοι τοῖς θεοῖς εὔχωνται. ’

πρὸς δὲ τὸν πυθόμενον διὰ τί κομῶσιν εἶπεν ὅτι ‘τῶν κόσμων ὁ φυσικὸς καὶ ἀδάπανος οὗτός ἐστι. [p. 169] ’

Διάφορα τῶν ἐν τοῖς Λάκωσιν ἀδόξων ἀποφθέγματα

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Σαμίων πρεσβευταῖς μακρολογοῦσιν ἔφασαν οἱ Σπαρτιᾶται ‘τὰ μὲν πρῶτα 2 ἐπιλελάθαμες, 3 τὰ δὲ ὕστερα οὐ συνείκαμες 4 διὰ τὸ τὰ πρῶτα 5 ἐπιλελᾶσθαι.’

1 διαφορα - αποφθεγματα addidit S

2 πρῶτα] πρᾶτα

3 ἐπιλελάθαμες] ἐπιλελάσμεθα idem

4 συνείκαμες idem: συνήκαμες

5 πρῶτα] πρᾶτα Cobetus

Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1889. 2.

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