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Προσεκτέα δὲ οὐδὲ ταῖς τῶν γυμναστῶν τετράσιν,
ὑφ᾽ ὧν ἀπόλωλε τὰ ἐν γυμναστικῇ πάντα.
ἡγώμεθα δὲ τὴν τετράδα κύκλον ἡμερῶν τεττάρων
ἄλλο ἄλλην πράττουσαν: ἡ μὲν γὰρ παρασκευάζει
τὸν ἀθλητήν, ἡ δὲ ἐπιτείνει, ἡ δὲ ἀνίησιν, ἡ δὲ
μεσεύει. ἔστι δὲ τὸ ῾μὲν᾽ παρασκευάζον γυμνάσιον
σύντονος πρὸς βραχὺ καὶ ταχεῖα κίνησις ἐγείρουσα
τὸν ἀθλητὴν καὶ ὀξὺν τῷ μέλλοντι μόχθῳ ἐφιστᾶσα,
τὸ δὲ ἐπιτεῖνον ἔλεγχος ἀπαραίτητος τῆς ἐναποκειμένης
ἰσχύος τῇ ἕξει, ἡ δὲ ἀνέσεως ἡμέρα κίνησις ἀκμὴν
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ξὺν λόγῳ ἀνακτωμένη, ἡ δὲ μεσεύουσα τῶν ἡμερῶν
διαφεύγειν μὲν τὸν ἀντίπαλον, ὑποφεύγοντα δὲ μὴ
ἀνιέναι ῾διδάσκεἰ. καὶ τὴν τοιάνδε ἰδέαν πᾶσαν
ἁρμονικῶς γυμνάζοντες καὶ τὰς τετράδας ταύτας
ὧδε ἀνακυκλοῦντες ἀφαιροῦνται τὴν ἐπιστήμην τὸ
ξυνιέναι τοῦ ἀθλητοῦ τοῦ γυμνοῦ, καὶ ὅσα ἀνιᾷ
Flavii Philostrati Opera, Vol 2. Philostratus the Athenian. Carl Ludwig Kayser. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1871. Keyboarding.
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