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γένηται καὶ ἁπτός, γῆς μὲν τὸ ἐμβριθὲς καὶ
στάσιμον αὐτῷ συμβαλομένης, πυρὸς δὲ χρῶμα καὶ
μορφὴν καὶ κίνησιν αἱ ξ δ᾽
ἐν μέσῳ φύσεις, ὕδωρ
καὶ ἀήρ, μαλάξασαι καὶ σβέσασαι τὴν ἑκατέρου τῶν ἄκρων ἀνομοιότητα συνήγαγον καὶ ἀνεμείξαντο τὴν ὕλην δι᾽ αὐτῶν: οὕτως ἄρα καὶ ὁ τὴν Ῥώμην
ὑποβαλόμενος χρόνος μετὰ θεοῦ τύχην καὶ ἀρετὴν
Plutarch. Moralia. with an English Translation by. Frank Cole Babbitt. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1936. 4.
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