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‘ ἄνευ τοῦ παιδεύειν ἔχουσιν: οὕτως ἡ
καθ᾽ ἕκαστον ὧν πταίει καὶ προσπίπτει ῥαπιζομένη καὶ ἀνακρουομένη
τῷ κολάζεσθαι κακία μάλιστ᾽ 1 ἂν γένοιτο
σύννους καὶ ταπεινὴ καὶ κατάφοβος πρὸς τὸν θεόν, ὡς ἐφεστῶτα τοῖς
ἀνθρωπίνοις πράγμασι καὶ πάθεσιν οὐχ ὑπερήμερον δικαιωτήν: ἡ δ᾽ ἀτρέμα
καὶ ‘βραδεῖ ποδί’ κατ᾽ Εὐριπίδην 2 καὶ ὡς ἔτυχεν ἐπιπίπτουσα Δίκη
τοῖς πονηροῖς ταὐτομάτῳ 3 μᾶλλον ἢ τῷ
κατὰ πρόνοιαν ὅμοιον ἔχει τὸ πεπλανημένον καὶ ὑπερήμερον καὶ [p. 421] ἄτακτον. ὥστ᾽ οὐχ ὁρῶ, τί χρήσιμον ἔνεστι τοῖς
ὀψὲ δὴ τούτοις ἀλεῖν λεγομένοις μύλοις τῶν θεῶν 4 ’
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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