πικρὰν πικροῖς κλύζουσι φαρμάκοις χολήν;’ ἀποκριναμένου δὲ τοῦ Θέωνος ὅτι Σοφοκλῆς, ‘καὶ δοτέον’ εἶπον ‘ὑπ᾽ ἀνάγκης ἐκείνοις: φιλοσόφων δ᾽ οὐκ ἀκουστέον, ἂν τὰ παράδοξα παραδόξοις ἀμύνεσθαι βούλωνται καὶ μαχόμενοι πρὸς τὰ θαυμάσια [p. 413] τῶν δογμάτων ἀτοπώτερα καὶ θαυμασιώτερα πλάττωσιν, ’
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‘ ἡ δ᾽ ἄνω χώρα πᾶσα, κἄν τι δέξηται γεῶδες
ὑπὸ βίας ἀναρριφέν, εὐθὺς ἐκθλίβει δεῦρο, μᾶλλον
δ᾽ ἀφίησιν, πέφυκεν οἰκείᾳ ῥοπῇ καταφερόμενον.’
πρὸς τοῦτ᾽ ἐγὼ τῷ Λευκίῳ χρόνον ἐγγενέσθαι βουλόμενος ἀναμιμνησκομένῳ, τὸν Θέωνα καλέσας
‘τίς’ ἔφην ‘ὦ Θέων, εἴρηκε τῶν τραγικῶν ὡς ἰατροὶ
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1893. 5.
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