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‘
’ ἔφη ‘τὸ χρησθὲν ἢ τίς ὁ Κόραξ οὗτος; ὡς ἐμοὶ καὶ τὸ πρᾶγμα
καὶ τοὔνομα 1 ξένον.’
‘οὐδαμῶς’ εἶπον,
‘ἀλλ᾽ αἴτιος ἐγὼ παρωνύμῳ χρησάμενος ἀντὶ τοῦ ὀνόματος. ὁ γὰρ:
ἀποκτείνας ἐν τῇ μάχῃ τὸν Ἀρχίλοχον ἐκαλεῖτο Καλλώνδης, ὡς
ἔοικεν, ἦν δ᾽ αὐτῷ Κόραξ ἐπωνύμιον. ἐκβληθεὶς δὲ τὸ πρῶτον ὑπὸ
τῆς Πυθίας ὡς ἱερὸν ἄνδρα τῶν Μουσῶν ἀνῃρηκώς, εἶτα χρησάμενος. λιταῖς τισι καὶ προστροπαῖς 2 μετὰ
δικαιολογίας ἐκελεύσθη πορευθεὶς ἐπὶ τὴν τοῦ Τέττιγος οἴκησιν
ἱλάσασθαι τὴν τοῦ Ἀρχιλόχου ψυχήν. τοῦτο δ᾽ ἦν ὁ Ταίναρος: ἐπεῖ
γάρ φασιν ἐλθόντα μετὰ ’
1 τοὔνομα scripsi cum X: τὸ ὀνομαζόμενον
2 προστροπαῖς Emperius: προτροπαῖς
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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