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‘Φοῖβόν τε τῷ καθαρῷ καὶ
ἀμιάντῳ καλοῦσι. τῆς δ᾽ εἰς πνεύματα 1 καὶ
ὓδωρ καὶ γῆν καὶ ἄστρα καὶ φυτῶν ζῴων τε γενέσεις τροπῆς αὐτοῦ καὶ
διακοσμήσεως τὸ μὲν πάθημα καὶ τὴν μεταβολὴν διασπασμόν τινα καὶ
διαμελισμὸν αἰνίττονται: Διόνυσον δὲ καὶ Ζαγρέα καὶ Νυκτέλιον καὶ
Ἰσοδαίτην αὐτὸν ὀνομάζουσι, καὶ φθοράς
τινας καὶ ἀφανισμοὺς 2 οἱ τὰς 3 ἀποβιώσεις 4 καὶ παλιγγενεσίας, οἰκεῖα ταῖς
εἰρημέναις μεταβολαῖς αἰνίγματα καὶ μυθεύματα περαίνουσι: καὶ ᾄδουσι
τῷ μὲν διθυραμβικὰ μέλη παθῶν μεστὰ καὶ μεταβολῆς πλάνην τινὰ καὶ
διαφόρησιν ἐχούσης: [p. 13]
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Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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