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‘
τὴν πραότητα τῆς φωνῆς ἐκείνης ἐκ πασῶν συνηρμοσμένης. διὰ μέσου δ᾽
αὐτῶν θάλασσαν ἢ λίμνην ὑποκεχύσθαι τοῖς
χρώμασι διαλάμπουσαν διὰ τῆς γλαυκότητος ἐπιμιγνυμένοις: καὶ τῶν νήσων
ὀλίγας μὲν ἐκπλεῖν κατὰ πόρον καὶ διακομίζεσθαι πέραν τοῦ ῥεύματος,
ἄλλας δὲ πολλὰς ... ἐφέλκεσθαι τῇ ... 1 σχεδὸν ὑποφερομένας. 2
εἶναι δὲ τῆς θαλάσσης πῆ μὲν πολὺ βάθος
κατὰ νότον, μάλιστα δ᾽ ἀραιὰ τενάγη 3 καὶ βραχέα, πολλαχῆ δὲ καὶ
ὑπερχεῖσθαι καὶ ἀπολείπειν 4 αὖθις 5 οὐ μεγάλας ἐκβολὰς λαμβάνουσαν,
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Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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