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κακοθυμίας ὧν ἔπαθον ἐν τῷ ζῆν ἢ ἔδρασαν. εἶναι δὲ καὶ λίμνας παρ᾽
ἀλλήλας, τὴν μὲν χρυσοῦ περιζέουσαν 1 τὴν δὲ μολίβδου ψυχροτάτην ἄλλην δὲ
τραχεῖαν σιδήρου: καί τινας ἐφεστάναι δαίμονας ὥσπερ οἱ χαλκεῖς ὀργάνοις ἀναλαμβάνοντας καὶ καθιέντας ἐν μέρει τὰς
ψυχὰς τῶν δι᾽ ἀπληστίαν καὶ πλεονεξίαν πονηρῶν. ἐν μὲν γὰρ τῷ χρυσῷ
διαπύρους καὶ διαφανεῖς ὑπὸ τοῦ φλέγεσθαι γενομένας ἐνέβαλλον εἰς τὴν
τοῦ μολίβδου βάπτοντες: ἐκπαγείσας δ᾽ αὐτόθι
καὶ γενομένας σκληρὰς ὥσπερ αἱ χάλαζαι, [p. 465]
1 περζέουσαν R
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