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ὡς Εὐριπίδης φησίν, βραχέα δεδήλωται καὶ ἀβέβαια τῷ δ᾽ οὐ πολλῆς διὰ τέφρας, ἀλλὰ πυρκαϊᾶς τινος βασιλικῆς πορευομένῳ καὶ περιφλεγομένῳ, ἄσθματος καὶ φόβου μεστῷ καὶ ἱδρῶτος διαποντίου, πλοῦτόν τινα προσθεῖσα ³ Ταντάλειον ἀπολαῦσαι δι᾽ ἀσχολίαν οὐ δυναμένῳ. ὁ μὲν γὰρ Σικυώνιος ⁴ ἐκεῖνος ἱπποτρόφος εὖ φρονῶν ἔδωκε τῷ βασιλεῖ τῶν Ἀχαιῶν θήλειαν ἵππον δρομάδα δῶρον,

ἵνα μὴ οἱ ἕποιθ᾽ ὑπὸ Ἴλιον ἠνεμόεσσαν
ἀλλ᾽ αὐτοῦ ⁵ τέρποιτο μένων

εἰς βαθεῖαν εὐπορίαν καὶ σχολὴν ἄλυπον ἀνακλίνας ἑαυτόν: οἱ δὲ νῦν ἄλυποι ⁶ καὶ πρακτικοὶ δοκοῦντες εἶναι, μηδενὸς καλοῦντος ὠθοῦνται δι᾽ αὑτῶν ἐπὶ τράχηλον εἰς αὐλὰς καὶ προπομπὰς καὶ θυραυλίας ἐπιπόνους, ἵν᾽ ἵππου τινὸς ἢ πόρπης ἢ τοιαύτης τινὸς εὐημερίας τύχωσι. [p. 292]

τοῦ δὲ καὶ ἀμφιδρυφὴς ἄλοχος Φυλάκῃ ἐλέλειπτο,
⁷ καὶ δόμος ἡμιτελής:

σύρεται δὲ καὶ πλανᾶται τριβόμενος ἔν τισιν ⁸ ἐλπίσιν ⁹ καὶ προπηλακιζόμενος: ἂν δὲ καὶ τύχῃ τινὸς ὧν ποθεῖ, περιενεχθεὶς καὶ σκοτοδινιάσας πρὸς τὸν τῆς τύχης πεταυρισμὸν ἀπόβασιν ζητεῖ καὶ μακαρίζει τοὺς ἀδόξους καὶ ἀσφαλῶς ζῶντας οἱ δ᾽ ἐκεῖνον πάλιν ἄνω βλέποντες ὑπὲρ αὑτοὺς φερόμενον.

1 lac. ante ὑπομένει signavit Amyotus

2 πεπραμένον τὸ σῶμα Nauck. p. 606: τὸ σῶμα πεπραμένον

3 προσθεῖσα] προστίθησι W

4 Σικυώνιος] Hom Ψ 297

5 ἀλλ᾽ αὐτοῦ Homerus: ἀλλὰ

6 ἄλυποι] ex praegresso ἄλυπον ortum; quid lateat incertum. αὐλικοὶ Amyotus

7 Hom. B 700

8 ἔν τισιν] ἔντευξιν W

9 ἐλπίσιν R: ἐλπίζων

Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.

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