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φιλοφροσύνῃ πρὸς
αὐτούς. ἢ μᾶλλον ἐδόθη τοῦτο ταῖς γυναιξὶν ὡς τιμὴν ἅμα καὶ δύναμιν
αὐταῖς φέρον, εἰ φαίνοιντο πολλοὺς καὶ ἀγαθοὺς ἔχουσαι συγγενεῖς καὶ
οἰκείους; ἤ, μὴ νενομισμένου συγγενίδας
γαμεῖν, ἄχρι φιλήματος ἡ φιλοφροσύνη προῆλθεν καὶ τοῦτο μόνον ἀπελείφθη
σύμβολον καὶ κοινώνημα τῆς: συγγενείας; πρότερον γὰρ οὐκ, ἐγάμουν τὰς ἀφ᾽
αἵματος, ὥσπερ οὐδὲ νῦν τηθίδας 1 οὐδ᾽ ἀδελφὰς γαμοῦσιν; ἀλλ᾽ ὀψὲ
συνεχώρησαν ἀνεψιαῖς συνοικεῖν ἐκ τοιαύτης
αἰτίας. ἀνὴρ χρημάτων ἐνδεὴς; τὰ: δ᾽ ἄλλα χρηστὸς καὶ παρ᾽ ὁντινοῦν
τῷ δήμῳ τῶν [p. 255]
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1889. 2.
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