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ἐξ ἐνυπνίου 1 τινὸς ἀπειχόμην 2 ᾠῶν πολὺν ἡδο 3 παρὰ τοῦτο 4 ποιούμενος 5, ἐν καθάπερ ἐν Καρὶ 6 διάπειραν λαβεῖν τῆς ὄψεως ἐναργῶς μοι πολλάκις γενομένης: ὑπόνοιαν μέντοι παρέσχον, ἑστιῶντος ἡμᾶς Σοσσίου Σενεκίωνος, ἐνέχεσθαι δόγμασιν Ὀρφικοῖς ἢ Πυθαγορικοῖς, καὶ τὸ ᾠόν, ὥσπερ ἔνιοι καρδίαν καὶ ἐγκέφαλον, ἀρχὴν ἡγούμενος γενέσεως ἀφοσιοῦσθαι: καὶ προὔφερεν Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Ἐπικούρειος ἐπὶ γέλωτι τὸ
ἶσόν τοι κυάμους ἔσθειν 7 κεφαλάς τε τοκήων
ὡς δὴ κυάμους τὰ ᾠὰ διὰ τὴν κύησιν αἰνιττομένων τῶν ἀνδρῶν, διαφέρειν δὲ μηδὲν οἰομένων τὸ [p. 69] ἐσθίειν ᾠὰ τοῦ χρῆσθαι τοῖς τίκτουσι τὰ ᾠὰ ζῴοις. ἐγίγνετο δὴ τὸ τῆς αἰτίας ἀπολόγημα τῆς αἰτίας αὐτῆς ἀλογώτερον, Ἐπικουρείῳ λέγειν ἐνύπνιον. ὅθεν οὐ παρῃτούμην τὴν δόξαν ἅμα προσπαίζων τι τῷ Ἀλεξάνδρῳ καὶ γὰρ ἦν χαρίεις καὶ φιλόλογος 8 ἐπιεικῶς.

1 ἐξυπνίου vel ξυπνίου mei

2 ἀπειχόμην Turnebus: ἀπε 2-3 Vd 5 E μην

3 lac. 2-3 Vd 5 E. Fort. πολὺν ἤδ[η χρόνον ἡδ]ονῆς

4 παρὰ τοῦτο] defendi potest. προὔργου R

5 ποιούμενοι mei

6 ἐν Καρὶ διάπειραν W: ἐν καρδίᾳ πεῖραν Cf. Kock. 1 p. 17

7 ἐσθίειν (ἑστίειν E) mei. Cf. Callimach. ed. Schn. p. 786

8 em. Basileensis: φιλολόγος

Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1892. 4.

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