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‘ νομίζειν καὶ τὸ ψεύσασθαί τι κατ᾽ αὐτῶν καὶ τὸ βλασφημεῖν οὐχ ὅσιον ὡς κατὰ βελτιόνων ἡγούμεθα 1 καὶ κρειττόνων ἤδη γεγονότων. καὶ ταῦθ᾽ οὕτως ἀρχαῖα καὶ παλαιὰ 2 παρ᾽ ἡμῖν, ὥστε τὸ παράπαν οὐδεὶς οἶδεν οὔτε τοῦ χρόνου τὴν ἀρχὴν οὔτε τὸν θέντα πρῶτον, ἀλλὰ τὸν ἄπειρον αἰῶνα διατελεῖ 3 νενομισμένα. πρὸς δὲ δὴ τούτοις διὰ στὸματος ὂν 4 τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ὁρᾷς καὶ 5 ἐκ πολλῶν ἐτῶν περιφέρεται θρυλούμενον.’ ‘τί τοῦτ᾽ ;᾽’ ἔφη. κἀκεῖνος [p. 282] ὑπολαβών ‘ὡς ἄρα μὴ γενέσθαι 6 μέν’ ἔφη ‘ ἄριστον ’
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