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δὲ τῇ τάξει
δεύτερον τὸ τ᾽ Ε τῶν φωνηέντων ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς
καὶ τὸν ἥλιον ἀπὸ σελήνης τῶν πλανήτων: ἡλίῳ δ᾽ Ἀπόλλωνα τὸν αὐτὸν
ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν πάντας Ἕλληνας νομίζειν. ‘ἀλλὰ ταυτὶ μέν’ ἔφη
‘παντάπασιν ἐκ πίνακος καὶ πυλαίας. ὁ δὲ Λαμπρίας ἔλαθεν, ὡς
ἔοικε, τοὺς ἀφ᾽ ἱεροῦ κινήσας ἐπὶ τὸν
αὑτοῦ λόγον.’ ἃ μὲν γὰρ ἐκεῖνος εἶπεν, οὐδεὶς ἐγίγνωσκε
Δελφῶν: τὴν δὲ κοινὴν καὶ περιηγητικὴν δόξαν εἰς τὸ μέσον προῆγον, οὔτε
τὴν ὄψιν ἀξιοῦντες οὔτε τὸν φθόγγον ἀλλὰ τοὔνομα μόνον τοῦ γράμματος
ἔχειν τι σύμβολον.
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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