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‘διὰ τί τὸν τῆς Ὅρτας ναὸν ἀνεῳγμένον
εἶχον οἱ παλαιοὶ διὰ παντός;᾽’ πότερον, ὡς Ἀντίστιος Λαβεὼν
ἱστόρηκε, τοῦ παρορμᾶν ‘ὁρτάρι’ λεγομένου, τὴν οἷον ἐγκελευομένην
πρὸς τὰ καλὰ καὶ παρορμῶσαν θεὸν Ὅρταν λεγομένην ᾤοντο δεῖν ὡς
ἐνεργὸν ἀεὶ μηδέποτε μέλλειν μηδ᾽ ἀποκεκλεῖσθαι μηδ᾽ ἐλινύειν: 1
ἢ μᾶλλον ὡς νῦν ὀνομάζουσιν αὐτὴν : ὥραν
1 ἐλιννύειν Huttenus: κλειννύειν
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1889. 2.
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