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ἅπαντες οὖν ἐβόων τὸν Ταλάσιον οἱ τὰς παρθένους κομίζοντες, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο τοῖς
γάμοις παραμένει τὸ ἔθος. οἱ δὲ πλεῖστοι νομίζουσιν, ὧν
καὶ ὁ Ἰόβας ἐστί, παράκλησιν εἶναι καὶ
παρακέλευσιν εἰς φιλεργίαν καὶ ταλασίαν, οὔπω τότε τοῖς
Ἑλληνικοῖς ὀνόμασι τῶν Ἰταλικῶν ἐπικεχυμένων. εἰ δὲ
τοῦτο μὴ λέγεται κακῶς, ἀλλ᾽ ἐχρῶντο Ῥωμαῖοι τότε
τῷ ὀνόματι τῆς ταλασίας καθάπερ ἡμεῖς, ἑτέραν ἄν τις
αἰτίαν εἰκάσειε πιθανωτέραν.
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