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οἱ δ᾽, ἑστῶτες ἀποθεωροῦσιν ὡς, ἂν ἐκεῖνος ὑπεραίρῃ τῷ μεγέθει τὸ ῥεῦμα, πολλὴν τοῖς μείζοσι πρὸς τὸ θαρρεῖν περιουσίαν τῆς; ἀσφαλείας οὖσαν.
ἐνταῦθα τοῦ λόγου γεγονὼς οὐ δοκῶ μοι παρήσειν δι᾽ ὁμοιότητα τὸ τῆς ἀλώπεκος. οἱ μὲν οὖν μυθολόγοι τῷ Δευκαλίωνί φασι περιστερὰν ἐκ τῆς λάρνακος ἀφιεμένην δήλωμα γενέσθαι χειμῶνος μὲν εἴσω πάλιν ἐνδυομένην, εὐδίας δ᾽ ἀποπτᾶσαν οἱ δὲ Θρᾷκες ἔτι νῦν, ὅταν παγέντα ποταμὸν διαβαίνειν
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1895. 6.
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