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‘ αὖθις τὸ σῆμα καὶ χοὰς ποιησόμενος
Ἀλκμήνῃ καὶ Ἀλέῳ 1 κατὰ δή
τινα χρησμόν, ἀγνοῶν τὸν Ἄλεον 2 ὅστις ἦν: ἐπανελθὼν δ᾽
ἐκεῖθεν οἷός ἐστι τὸν Δίρκης ἀναζητεῖν
τάφον, ἄγνωστον ὄντα τοῖς Θηβαίοις πλὴν τῶν ἱππαρχηκότων. ὁ γὰρ
ἀπαλλαττόμενος τὸν παραλαμβάνοντα τὴν ἀρχὴν μόνος ἄγων μόνον ἔδειξε
νύκτωρ, καί τινας 3 ἐπ᾽ αὐτῷ δράσαντες ἀπύρους 4
ἱερουργίας, ὧν τὰ σημεῖα συγχέουσι καὶ ἀφανίζουσιν, ὑπὸ σκότους 5 ἀπέρχονται
χωρισθέντες. ἐγὼ δὲ τ ...
6 μέν, ὦ
Φειδόλαε, ... καλῶς ἐξευρήσειν αὐτοὺς νομίζω. φεύγουσι γὰρ οἱ
πλεῖστοι τῶν ἱππαρχηκότων ’
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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