ὅπως ὤκιστα 6 πύλας Ἀίδαο περῆσαι[p. 585] πρὶν 7 ἔρωτα πολὺν ἐγγενέσθαι τῶν αὐτόθι πραγμάτων καὶ μαλαχθῆναι πρὸς τὸ σῶμα καὶ συντακῆναι καθάπερ ὑπὸ φαρμάκων.
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τὸ χαλεπώτατόν ἐστιν, ὅτι
τὴν ψυχὴν ἕωλόν τε ποιεῖ ταῖς μνήμαις τῶν ἐκεῖ καὶ λιπαρῆ περὶ ταῦτα
καὶ κάμπτει καὶ πιέζει, τὸν σχηματισμόν, ὃν
ἔσχεν ὑπὸ τοῦ σώματος ἐν τῷ πεπονθέναι 1, διαφυλάττουσαν. 2 ἡ δὲ ληφθεῖσα
μὲν ... 3 ὑπὸ κρειττόνων ἔχεται, καθάπερ ἐκ καμπῆς ὑγρᾶς καὶ μαλθακῆς
ἀναχαιτίσασα 4 πρὸς ὃ πέφυκεν. ὥσπερ γὰρ τὸ πῦρ, ἄν τις ἀποσβέσας
εὐθὺς ἐξάπτῃ, πάλιν ἀναρριπίζεται καὶ
ἀναλαμβάνει ταχέως 5
1 πεπονθέναι] προσπεπονθέναι R
2 διαφυλάττουσαν idem: διαφυλάττουσα
3 locum lacunosam (90 fere litt. E) redintegravit W ita: ἡ δὲ ληφθεῖσα μέν, μένουσα δὲ βρα χὺν ἐν τῷ σώματι χρόνον ἐλευθερωθεῖσα ὑπὸ κρειττόνων ἔρχεται - πρὸς ὃ πέφυκεν
5 lac. 148 fere in E fort. supplenda hunc in modum: καὶ ἀναλαμβάνει ταχέως: κατασβεσθὲν δὲ καὶ ὑποψυχθὲν οὐκ ἄν τις ἀναζωπυρήσειεν (vel πάλιν ἐξάψειεν cf. p. 787 a) ἀπραγμόνως: οὕτω καὶ τῶν ψυχῶν ἄριστα πράττουσιν, αἶς συμβέβηκε κατὰ τὸν ποιητήν 'ὅπως ὤκιστα᾽ cett.
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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