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γένεσιν. ὥσπερ οὖν
οἱ Ἕλληνες τῇ Ἑκάτῃ, καὶ τῇ Γενείτῃ κύνα Ῥωμαῖοι θύουσιν ὑπὲρ
τῶν οἰκογενῶν. Ἀργείους δὲ Σωκράτης 1 φησὶ τῇ Εἰλιονείᾳ 2 κύνα θύειν διὰ τὴν ῥᾳστώνην τῆς λοχείας. τὸ δὲ τῆς
εὐχῆς πότερον οὐκ ἐπ᾽ ἀνθρώπων ἐστὶν οἰκογενῶν, μηδένα χρηστὸν
γενέσθαι, ἀλλὰ κυνῶν χαλεποὺς γὰρ εἶναι δεῖ καὶ φοβεροὺς τοὺς κύνας ἢ
διὰ 3 τὸ
χρηστοὺς 4
κομψῶς 5
λέγεσθαι τοὺς τελευτῶντας αἰνιττόμενοι, διὰ
τῆς εὐχῆς αἰτοῦνται μηδένα τῶν συνοίκων ἀποθανεῖν; [p. 284] οὐ
δεῖ δὲ τοῦτο θαυμάζειν καὶ γὰρ Ἀριστοτέλης 6 ἐν ταῖς Ἀρκάδων πρὸς Λακεδαιμονίους συνθήκαις
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1889. 2.
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