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ἄλλων οὔτ᾽
αὐτὴν ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτῆς ἐῶσαι μαρανθῆναι. γιγνώσκω γὰρ ποίους ἔναγχος ἀγῶνας
ἠγωνίσω, τῇ Θέωνος ἀδελφῇ βοηθοῦσα καὶ μαχομένη ταῖς μετ᾽ ὀλοφυρμῶν καὶ ἀλαλαγμῶν ἔξωθεν ἐπιούσαις, ὥσπερ
ἀτεχνῶς πῦρ ἐπὶ πῦρ φερούσαις. τὰς μὲν γὰρ οἰκίας τῶν φίλων ὅταν
καομένας ἴδωσι σβεννύουσιν [p. 581] ὡς ἔχει τάχους ἕκαστος ἢ
δυνάμεως, ταῖς δὲ ψυχαῖς φλεγομέναις αὐτοὶ 1 προσφέρουσιν ὑπεκκαύματα. καὶ
τῷ μὲν ὀφθαλμιῶντι τὰς χεῖρας οὐκ ἐῶσι προσάγειν τὸν βουλόμενον οὐδ᾽
ἅπτονται τοῦ φλεγμαίνοντος: ὁ δὲ πενθῶν
κάθηται παντὶ τῷ προστυχόντι παρέχων
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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