αἰεὶ παπταίνουσα πρὸς αὐγὰς ἠελίοιοὁ μὲν οὖν ἑταῖρος ἐν, τῇ διατριβῇ τοῦτο δὴ τὸ Ἀναξαγόρειον ἀποδεικνὺς ὡς ἥλιος ἐντίθησι τῇ σελήνῃ τὸ λαμπρόν εὐδοκίμησεν: ἐγὼ δὲ ταῦτα μὲν οὐκ ἐρῶ, ἃ παρ᾽ ὑμῶν: ἢ μεθ᾽ ὑμῶν ἔμαθον, ἑκὼν δὲ πρὸς τὰ λοιπὰ βαδιοῦμαι. φωτίζεσθαι τοίνυν τὴν σελήνην οὐχ ὡς ὕελον ἢ κρύσταλλον ἐλλάμψει καὶ διαφαύσει τοῦ ἡλίου πιθανόν ἐστιν: οὐδ᾽ αὖ κατὰ σύλλαμψίν τινα καὶ συναυγασμόν, ὥσπερ αἱ δᾷδες αὐξομένου τοῦ φωτός: οὕτω γὰρ οὐδὲν ἧττον ἐν νουμηνίαις ἢ διχομηνίαις ἔσται πανσέληνος: ἡμῖν, εἰ ’
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Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1893. 5.
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