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‘ μηνὶ ποιουμένων χοὰς καὶ
ἐναγισμοὺς τοῖς [p. 272] τεθνηκόσι, Δέκιμος Βροῦτος, ὡς
Κικέρων 1 ἱστόρηκεν, ἐν τῷ
Δεκεμβρίῳ τοῦτ᾽ ἔπραττεν ἦν δ᾽ οὗτος ὁ Λυσιτάνειαν ἐπελθὼν καὶ
πρῶτος ἐπέκεινα στρατῷ διαβὰς τὸν τῆς: λήθης ποταμόν;᾽’ πότερον,
ὥσπερ ἡμέρας ληγούσης καὶ μηνὸς φθίνοντος
εἰώθασιν ἐναγίζειν οἱ πολλοί, λόγον ἔχει καὶ τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ
καταστρέφοντος ἐν τῷ τελευταίῳ μηνὶ τιμᾶν τοὺς τεθνηκότας ἔστι δὲ τῶν
μηνῶν τελευταῖος ὁ Δεκέμβριος:᾿: ἢ χθονίων μὲν αἱ τιμαὶ θεῶν, τιμᾶν δὲ
τοὺς χθονίους ὡραῖόν ἐστι, τῶν καρπῶν
ἁπάντων εἰληφότων
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1889. 2.
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