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λῇτον ἄχρι νῦν τὸ
δημόσιον ἐν πολλοῖς τῶν Ἑλλήνων νόμων γέγραπται, οὐδένα ὡς ἔπος
εἰπεῖν λέληθε.
‘διὰ τί κύνα θύουσιν οἱ Λούπερκοι Λούπερκοι δ᾽ εἰσὶν οἱ τοῖς
Λουπερκαλίοις γυμνοὶ διαθέοντες ἐν
περιζώμασι καὶ καθικνούμενοι σκύτει τῶν ἀπαντώντων ;᾽’ πότερον ὅτι
καθαρμός ἐστι τῆς πόλεως τὰ δρώμενα καὶ γὰρ τὸν μῆνα ‘Φεβρουάριον’
καλοῦσι καὶ νὴ Δία τὴν ἡμέραν ἐκείνην ‘φεβράτην,’
1 καὶ ‘φεβράριν’
2 τὸ τῶν σκυτῶν ἤθει 3 καθικνεῖσθαι, τοῦ ῥήματος τὸ καθαίρειν σημαίνοντος: τῷ δὲ κυνὶ
πάντες ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν Ἕλληνες ἐχρῶντο καὶ χρῶνταὶ
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1889. 2.
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