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πάλιν εἰς τὴν τοῦ
σιδήρου μεθίστασαν ἐνταῦθα δὲ μέλαιναί τε δεινῶς ἐγίγνοντο, καὶ
περικλώμεναι διὰ σκληρότητα καὶ συντριβόμεναι τὰ εἴδη μετέβαλλον: εἶθ᾽
οὕτω πάλιν εἰς τὸν χρυσὸν ἐκομίζοντο, δεινάς, ὡς ἔλεγεν, ἐν ταῖς μεταβολαῖς ἀλγηδόνας ὑπομένουσαι. πάντων δὲ
πάσχειν ἔλεγεν οἰκτρότατα τὰς ἤδη δοκούσας ἀφεῖσθαι τῆς δίκης, εἶτ᾽
αὖθις συλλαμβανομένας: αὗται δ᾽ ἦσαν, ὧν εἴς τινας ἐκγόνους; ἢ παῖδας
ἡ ποινὴ περιῆλθεν. ὁπότε γάρ τις ἐκείνων
ἀφίκοιτο καὶ περιτύχοι, προσέπιπτεν ὀργῇ καὶ
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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