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‘διὰ τί καὶ σαρκὸς ὠμῆς ἀπείρηται τῷ ἱερεῖ ψαύειν;᾽’ πότερον
ὠμοφαγίας πάνυ πόρρωθεν ἀποτρέπει τὸ ἔθος, ἢ δι᾽ ἣν τὸ ἄλευρον
αἰτίαν
ἀφοσιοῦνται καὶ τὸ
κρέας; οὔτε γάρ ἐστι ζῷον οὔτε ὄψον ἤδη γέγονεν. ἡ γὰρ ἕψησις καὶ
ὄπτησις ἀλλοίωσις οὖσα καὶ μετακόσμησις ἐξίστησι τὴν μορφήν. τὸ δὲ
πρόσφατον καὶ ὠμὸν οὐδὲ τὴν ὄψιν ἔχει καθαρὰν καὶ ἀμίαντον, ἀλλ᾽
εἰδεχθῆ καὶ ἑλκώδη.
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1889. 2.
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