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καὶ ἀπολειφθέντος αἴσθησιν γενέσθαι Τυφῶνι τῆς περὶ τὸν
γάμον ἀδικίας. ὅθεν ἡ μὲν Ἶσις ἔτεκε γνησίως τὸν Ὧρον, ἡ δὲ
Νέφθυς σκότιον τὸν Ἄνουβιν. ἐν μέντοι ταῖς
διαδοχαῖς τῶν βασιλέων ἀναγράφουσι τὴν Νέφθυν Τυφῶνι γημαμένην πρώτην
γενέσθαι στεῖραν: εἰ δὲ τοῦτο μὴ περὶ γυναικὸς ἀλλὰ περὶ τῆς θεοῦ
λέγουσιν, αἰνίττονται τὸ παντελὲς 1 τῆς γῆς ἄγονον καὶ ἄκαρπον ὑπὸ
στειρότητος. 2
ἡ δὲ Τυφῶνος ἐπιβουλὴ καὶ τυραννὶς αὐχμοῦ δύναμις ἦν ἐπικρατήσαντος
καὶ διαφορήσαντος [p. 511] τήν τε γεννῶσαν ὑγρότητα τὸν Νεῖλον
καὶ αὔξουσαν. ἡ δὲ συνεργὸς αὐτοῦ βασιλὶς Αἰθιόπων αἰνίττεται πνοὰς
νοτίους ἐξ Αἰθιοπίας: ὅταν γὰρ αὗται τῶν
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1889. 2.
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