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‘ ἡμῖν ἀπ᾽ Αἰγύπτου περὶ
Καρίαν Δηλίων τινὲς ἀπήντησαν, δεόμενοι
Πλάτωνος ὡς γεωμετρικοῦ λῦσαι χρησμὸν αὐτοῖς; ἄτοπον ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ
προβεβλημένον. [p. 497] ἦν δὲ 1 χρησμὸς, Δηλίοις καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις
Ἕλλησι παῦλαν τῶν παρόντων κακῶν ἔσεσθαι διπλασιάσασι τὸν ἐν Δήλῳ
βωμόν. οὔτε δὲ τὴν διάνοιαν ἐκεῖνοι συμβάλλειν δυνάμενοι καὶ περὶ τὴν
τοῦ βωμοῦ κατασκευὴν γελοῖα πάσχοντες
῾ἑκάστης γὰρ τῶν τεσσάρων πλευρῶν διπλασιαζομένης, ἔλαθον τῇ αὐξήσει
τόπον στερεὸν ὀκταπλάσιον ἀπεργασάμενοι, δι᾽ ἀπειρίαν ’
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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