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‘ πρῶτον μὲν
ἀναπνεῦσαι τότε δοκεῖν διὰ χρόνου συχνοῦ σιεινομένην τέως, καὶ πλείονα
γίγνεσθαι τῆς πρότερον ὥσπερ ἱστίον ἐκπεταννύμενον 1 ἔπειτα κατακούειν
ἀμαυρῶς ῥοίζου τινὸς ὑπὲρ κεφαλῆς περιελαυνομένου φωνὴν ἡδεῖαν
ἱέντος. ἀναβλέψας δὲ τὴν μὲν γῆν
οὐδαμοῦ καθορᾶν, νήσους δὲ λαμπομένας μαλακῷ πυρί, κατ᾽ ἀλλήλων
ἐξαμειβούσας ἄλλην ἄλλοτε χρόαν, ὥσπερ 2 βαφὴν ἄγειν 3 τῷ φωτὶ
ποικιλλομένῳ κατὰ τὰς μεταβολάς. φαίνεσθαι δὲ πλήθει μὲν ἀναρίθμους
μεγέθει δ᾽ ὑπερφυεῖς, οὐκ ἴσας δὲ πάσας
ἀλλ᾽ ὁμοίως κυκλοτερεῖς: οἴεσθαι δὲ [p. 527] ταύταις τὸν
αἰθέρα κύκλῳ φερομέναις ὑπορροιζεῖν 4 εἶναι γὰρ ὁμολογουμένην 5 τῇ τῆς
κινήσεως λειότητι ’
1 ἐκπεταννύμενον Basileensis: ἐκτεταννυμένον
2 ὥσπερ] ὥστε ὥσπερ Herwerdenus
4 lac. 6 E 8 B
5 ὁμολογοῦσαν R
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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