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ἐν ἀριστερᾷ νικηφόρου
γενομένης οἰωνισάμενοι, καὶ πρὸς τὸ λοιπὸν οὕτω παραφυλάττουσιν; ἤ, ὡς
[p. 298] ἄλλοι τινές, Αἰνείᾳ τούτου συμπεσόντος; καὶ γὰρ
Θηβαῖοι τῷ ἀριστερῷ κέρατι τρεψάμενοι τοὺς πολεμίους καὶ κρατήσαντες ἐν
Λεύκτροις, διετέλεσαν ἐν πάσαις ταῖς μάχαις τῷ ἀριστερῷ τὴν ἡγεμονίαν
ἀποδιδόντες. ἢ μᾶλλον, ὡς Ἰόβας 1 φησί, τοῖς
πρὸς τὰς ἀνατολὰς ἀποβλέπουσιν ἐν ἀριστερᾷ γίγνεται τὸ βόρειον, ὃ δὴ
τοῦ κόσμου δεξιὸν ἔνιοι τίθενται καὶ καθυπέρτερον. ὅρα δὲ μὴ φύσει τοῖς
εὐωνύμοις ἀσθενεστέροις οὖσιν οἱ προϊστάμενοι 2 τῶν οἰωνῶν οἷον
ἀναρρωννύουσι καὶ ὑπερείδουσι τὸ ἐλλιπὲς
τῆς δυνάμεως
2 προϊστάμενοι Abreschius: παριστάμενοι
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1889. 2.
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