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Ἀσώ: τοῦ δ᾽ Ὀσίριδος ἐκμετρησάμενον λάθρα
τὸ σῶμα καὶ κατασκευάσαντα πρὸς τὸ μέγεθος
λάρνακα [p. 484] καλὴν καὶ κεκοσμημένην περιττῶς εἰσενεγκεῖν εἰς
τὸ συμπόσιον. ἡσθέντων δὲ τῇ ὄψει καὶ θαυμασάντων, ὑποσχέσθαι τὸν
Τυφῶνα μετὰ παιδιᾶς, ὃς ἂν ἐγκατακλιθεὶς 1 ἐξισωθῇ,
2
διδόναι δῶρον αὐτῷ τὴν λάρνακα. πειρωμένων
δὲ πάντων καθ᾽ ἕκαστον, ὡς οὐδεὶς ἐνήρμοττεν, ἐμβάντα τὸν Ὄσιριν
κατακλιθῆναι. τοὺς δὲ συνόντας 3 ἐπιδραμόντας ἐπιρράξαι 4 τὸ πῶμα καί, τῶν μὲν
γόμφοις καταλαβόντων 5 ἔξωθεν, τῶν δὲ
θερμοῦ μολίβδου καταχεαμένων, ἐπὶ τὸν ποταμὸν
ἐξενεγκεῖν καὶ μεθεῖναι διὰ τοῦ Τανιτικοῦ 6 στόματος εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν, ὃ
διὰ τοῦτο μισητὸν ἔτι νῦν καὶ κατάπτυστον ὀνομάζειν Αἰγυπτίους. ταῦτα
δὲ πραχθῆναι λέγουσιν ἑβδόμῃ ἐπὶ δέκα μηνὸς Ἀθύρ, ἐν ᾧ τὸν
σκορπίον ὁ ἥλιος διέξεισιν, ὄγδοον ἔτος καὶ
1 ἐγκατακλιθεὶς Marklandus: ἐγκατακελισθεὶς
5 τῶ μὲν - καταλαβόντων Salmasius: τὰ μὲν - καταλαβόντας
6 Τανιτικοῦ X: ταναϊτικοῦ
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1889. 2.
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