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ὠλίσθανον 1 εἰς ‘ἐνῳδὸν ... 2 γῆρυν’ ἐρωτικῶν τε κατεπίμπλαντο μέτρων καὶ ᾀσμάτων τὰ συμπόσια [p. 58] καὶ τὰ βιβλία γραμμάτων. ὁ δ᾽ Εὐριπίδης 3 εἰπὼν 4 ὡς
‘ἔρως ποιητὴν διδάσκει, κἂν ἄμουσος ᾖ τὸ πρίν’ ἐνενόησεν, 5
ὅτι ποιητικὴν καὶ μουσικὴν Ἔρως δύναμιν οὐκ ἐντίθησιν, ἐνυπάρχουσαν
δὲ κινεῖ καὶ ἀναθερμαίνει λανθάνουσαν καὶ
ἀργοῦσαν. ἢ μηδένα νῦν ἐρᾶν, ὦ ξένε, λέγωμεν, ἀλλὰ φροῦδον
οἴχεσθαι τὸν ἔρωτα, ὅτι μέτροις οὐδεὶς οὐδ᾽ ᾠδαῖς ‘ῥίμφα
παιδείους’ 6 ὡς Πίνδαρος ἔφη ‘τοξεύει μελιγάρεας ὕμνους;’
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Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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