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ἀποδεδειγμένου οὖν τοῦ ὅτι Πλειάδες ἦσαν ἐντετορευμέναι τῷ ποτηρίῳ, καθ᾽ ἕκαστον τῶν ὤτων δύο ὑποθετέον εἴτε βούλεταί τις ὀρνιθοφυεῖς κόρας εἴτ᾽ αὖ καὶ ἀνθρωποειδεῖς, ἄστροις δὲ πεποικιλμένας. τὸ μέντοι ‘ἀμφὶς ἕκαστον χρύσειαι νεμέθοντο᾽ οὐχ ὡς περὶ ἓν ἕκαστον ἀκουστέον: γενήσονται γὰρ οὕτως η# τὸν ἀριθμόν: ἀλλ᾽ ἐπείπερ ἔσχισται μὲν ἑκάτερον τῶν ὤτων εἰς δύο σχίσεις, τούτων δ᾽ αὖ συνάφεια κατὰ τὴν τελευταίαν ὑπόληξιν, ἕκαστον μὲν ἂν λέγοιτο καθὸ τέτταρες αἱ πᾶσαι σχίσεις τῶν ὤτων, ἑκάτερον δὲ καθὸ συμφυῆ πάλιν ἐπὶ τέλει γίνεται τῆς ἀποστάσεως αὐτῶν. ὅταν οὖν εἴπῃ:
δοιαὶ δὲ πελειάδες ἀμφὶς ἕκαστον
χρύσειαι νεμέθοντο, δύω δ᾽ ὑπὸ πυθμένες ἦσαν,
καθ᾽ ἑκατέραν τὴν σχίσιν τῶν ὤτων ἀκουσόμεθα μίαν πελειάδα: ἃς δοιὰς εἶπεν καθὸ συμφυεῖς εἰσιν ἀλλήλαις καὶ συνεζευγμέναι. τὸ γὰρ δοιοὶ καὶ δοιαὶ σημαίνει καὶ τὸ κατ᾽ ἀριθμὸν εἶδος, τὸ δύο, οἷον:

δοιοὺς δὲ τρίποδας, δέκα δὲ χρυσοῖο τάλαντα.

καὶ ῾Od. 16.253' '‘δοιὼ θεράποντε᾽. σημαίνει δὲ καὶ τὸ συμφυὲς καὶ τὸ συνεζευγμένον κατ᾽ ἀριθμόν, ὡς ἐν τούτοις:

δοιοὺς δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ὑπήλυθε θάμνους
ἐξ ὁμόθεν πεφυῶτας, ὃ μὲν φυλίης, ὃ δ᾽ ἐλαίης.

γενήσονται οὖν ἐπὶ τῶν ὤτων τέσσαρες πελειάδες.

Athenaeus. Deipnosophistae. Kaibel. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1887.

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