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πρὸς
αὑτοὺς: ἐφοβοῦντο ταὐτὸ 1 παθεῖν ὑφ᾽ ἑτέρων: ὥσπερ οὖν Τύριοι δεσμοὺς ἀγάλμασι λέγονται περιβαλεῖν,
ἕτεροι δ᾽ αἰτεῖν ἐγγυητὰς ἐπὶ λουτρὸν ἢ καθαρμόν τινα προπέμποντες,
οὕτως ᾤοντο Ῥωμαῖοι τὸ ἄρρητον καὶ τὸ ἄγνωστον ἀσφαλεστάτην εἶναι
θεοῦ καὶ βεβαιοτάτην φρουρὰν ἢ καθάπερ Ὁμήρῳ 2
πεποίηται τὸ ‘γαῖα δ᾽ ἔτι 3 ξυνὴ πάντων’ ὅπως
οἱ ἄνθρωποι τοὺς θεοὺς πάντας σέβωνται καὶ τιμῶσι τὴν γῆν κοινῶς
ἔχοντας, οὔτως ἀπεκρύψαντο τὸν κύριον τῆς σωτηρίας οἱ παλαιοὶ Ῥωμαῖοι,
βουλόμενοι μὴ μόνον τοῦτον ἀλλὰ πάντας ὑπὸ τῶν πολιτῶν τοὺς θεοὺς τιμᾶσθαι;
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1889. 2.
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