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τὸ πνεῦμα περιρρέον, ὥστε μὴ διασπασθῆναι τὴν τάξιν. ὅταν δὲ κατάρωσιν ἐπὶ γῆν, αἱ προφυλακὴν ἔχουσαι νυκτὸς ἐπὶ θατέρου σκέλους ὀχοῦνται τὸ σῶμα, τῷ δ᾽ ἑτέρῳ ποδὶ λίθον περιλαβοῦσαι κρατοῦσι: συνέχει γὰρ ὁ τῆς ἁφῆς τόνος ἐν τῷ μὴ καθεύδειν πολὺν χρόνον: ὅταν δ᾽ ἀνῶσιν, ἐκπεσὼν ὁ λίθος ταχὺ διήγειρε τὴν προεμένην ὥστε μὴ πάνυ θαυμάζειν τοῦ Ἡρακλέους, εἰ τόξα μασχάλῃ ὑποθεὶς καὶ [p. 34]
κραταιῷ περιβαλὼν βραχίονι,
εὕδει πιέζων χειρὶ δεξιᾷ ξύλον:
μηδ᾽ αὖ πάλιν τοῦ πρώτου ὑπονοήσαντος ὀστρέου μεμυκότος ἀνάπτυξιν ἐντυχόντα τοῖς ἐρωδιῶν σοφίσμασιν ὅταν γὰρ τὴν κόγχην καταπίῃ μεμυκυῖαν,

Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1895. 6.

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