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‘διὰ τί τοὺς θεοὺς προσκυνοῦντες ἐπικαλύπτονται τὴν κεφαλήν, τῶν δ᾽ ἀνθρώπων τοῖς ἀξίοις τιμῆς ἀπαντῶντες,
κἂν τύχωσιν ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς ἔχοντες τὸ ἱμάτιον, ἀποκαλύπτονται’
τοῦτο γὰρ ἔοικε κἀκείνην ἐπιτείνειν τὴν ἀπορίαν. εἰ μὲν οὖν ὁ περὶ
Αἰνείου λεγόμενος λόγος ἀληθής ἐστιν, ὅτι
τοῦ Διομήδους παρεξιόντος ἐπικαλυψάμενος τὴν θυσίαν ἐπετέλεσε, λόγον
ἔχει καὶ ἀκολουθεῖ τῷ συγκαλύπτεσθαι πρὸς τοὺς. πολεμίους τὸ τοῖς
φίλοις καὶ ἀγαθοῖς ἐντυγχάνοντας ἀποκαλύπτεσθαι: τὸ γὰρ πρὸς τοὺς θεοὺς
οὐκ ἴδιόν ἐστιν ἀλλὰ κατὰ συμβεβηκός, καὶ
ἀπ᾽ ἐκείνου μεμένηκε τηρούμενον. εἰ δ᾽ ἄλλο τι λέγειν χρή, σκόπει μὴ
μόνον ἐκεῖνο δεῖ ζητεῖν, δι᾽ ὃ τοὺς θεοὺς προσκυνοῦντες ἐπικαλύπτονται
[p. 257] θάτερον δ᾽ ἀκόλουθόν ἐστι. τῶν γὰρ ἀνθρώπων
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1889. 2.
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