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‘ τῶν σωμάτων, ἱλασμούς τε
πολλοὺς προσφέρειν 1 τῶν κατοιχομένων καὶ γέρα μεγάλα καὶ τιμὰς ἀπαιτεῖν
τοῖς τεθνηκόσιν , ἐξαπατῶν καὶ φενακίζων
τοὺς πιστεύοντας. ἐγὼ μὲν γὰρ οὐκ ἂν προείμην τῆς ψυχῆς τὴν
διαμονήν, εἰ μή τις, ὥσπερ ὁ Ἡρακλῆς, ὑφελὼν τὸν τρίποδα τῆς
Πυθίας ἀναιρήσει καὶ διαφθερεῖ τὸ χρηστήριον. ἄχρι δὲ 2 τοῦ πολλὰ
τοιαῦτα προθεσπίζεσθαι καὶ καθ᾽ ἡμᾶς, οἷα
καὶ Κόρακι τῷ Ναξίῳ χρησθῆναι λέγουσιν, οὐχ ὅσιόν ἐστι τῆς ψυχῆς
καταγνῶναι θάνατον’ καὶ ὁ Πατροκλέας ‘τί δ᾽ ἦν ’
1 προσφέρειν κἑ] cf. Symb. meas
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