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ψυχῆς. ἄλλην οὖν τοσαύτην διελθὼν ὁδὸν
ἔδοξεν ἀφορᾶν κρατῆρα μέγαν, εἰς δὲ τοῦτον
ἐμβάλλοντα ῥεύματα, τὸ μὲν ἀφροῦ θαλάσσης ἢ χιόνων λευκότερον, τὸ δ᾽
ὁποῖον ἶρις 1 ἐξανθεῖ τὸ ἁλουργόν, ἄλλα δ᾽ ἄλλαις βαφαῖς κεχρωσμένα
πρόσωθεν ἴδιον ἐχούσαις φέγγος: ὡς δὲ πλησίον ἦλθον, ὁ κρατὴρ ἐκεῖνος,
ἀφανισθέντος μᾶλλον τοῦ περιέχοντος τῶν τε
χρωμάτων ἀμαυρουμένων, τὸ ἀνθηρότερον ἀπέλιπε [p. 462] πλὴν τῆς
λευκότητος. ἑώρα δὲ τρεῖς δαίμονας ὁμοῦ καθημένους ἐν σχήματι τριγώνου
πρὸς ἀλλήλους τὰ ῥεύματα μέτροις τισὶν ἀνακεραννύντας. ἔλεγεν οὖν
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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