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ἰδεῖν κατὰ τοὺς
ὕπνους ὄψιν ὑφηγουμένην αὐτῷ τὴν ὑπὲρ τὸ τέγος εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν
καθίμησιν ποιήσαντα δ᾽ οὕτως εὐτυχῆ γενέσθαι καὶ γηραιόν: ἐκ δὲ τούτου
τὸ ἔθος: καταστῆναι τοῖς ὕστερον. ὅρα δὲ
μὴ καὶ ταῦτα τρόπον τινὰ τοῖς Ἑλληνικοῖς ἔοικεν: οὐ γὰρ ἐνόμιζον
ἁγνοὺς οὐδὲ κατεμίγνυσαν ἑαυτοῖς: οὐδ᾽ εἴων ἱεροῖς πλησιάζειν, οἷς
ἐκφορὰ γεγόνει καὶ τάφος ὡς τεθνηκόσι. λέγεται δέ τινα τῶν ἐνόχων ταύτῃ
τῇ δεισιδαιμονίᾳ γεγονότων Ἀριστῖνον εἰς Δελφοὺς ἀποστείλαντα δεῖσθαι τοῦ θεοῦ: καὶ παραιτεῖσθαι τὰς: παρούσας
αὐτῷ διὰ τὸν νόμον ἀπορίας: τὴν δὲ Πυθίαν εἰπεῖν 1
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1889. 2.
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