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‘
ὁ μὲν ἐκ τριῶν δύο ποιεῖ τὸν ἄνθρωπον ὁ
δ᾽ ἓν ἐκ δυεῖν, καὶ ὁ μέν ἐστιν ἐν τῇ τῆς Δήμητρος
... ἐν αὐτῇ τελεῖν, καὶ τοὺς νεκροὺς Ἀθηναῖοι Δημητρείους ὠνόμαζον τὸ παλαιόν: ὁ δ᾽ ἐν τῇ σελήνῃ
τῆς Φερσεφόνης, καὶ σύνοικός ἐστι τῆς μὲν χθόνιος ὁ Ἑρμῆς τῆς δ᾽ οὐράνιος: λύει δ᾽ αὕτη
μὲν ταχὺ καὶ μετὰ βίας τὴν ψυχὴν ἀπὸ τοῦ σώματος,
ἡ δὲ Φερσεφόνη πράως καὶ χρόνῳ πολλῷ
[p. 466] τὸν νοῦν ἀπὸ τῆς ψυχῆς καὶ διὰ τοῦτο μονογενὴς
κέκληται: μόνον γὰρ γίγνεται τὸ βέλτιστον τἀνθρώπου
διακρινόμενον αὐτῆς. συντυγχάνει δ᾽ οὕτως
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Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1893. 5.
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