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εἵματα, δολερὰ 1 δὲ τὰ χρώματα’
τὸ δ᾽ αὐτόχρουν μέλαν οὐχ ὑπὸ τέχνης ἀλλὰ
φύσει βαπτόν ἐστι, καὶ μεμιγμένον τῷ σκιώδει κεκράτηται. μόνον οὖν τὸ
λευκὸν εἰλικρινὲς καὶ ἀμιγὲς; καὶ ἀμίαντόν ἐστι βαφῇ καὶ 2
ἀμίμητον: οἰκειότατον οὖν τοῖς θαπτομένοις. [p. 268] καὶ γὰρ ὁ
τεθνηκὼς ἁπλοῦν τι γέγονε καὶ ἀμιγὲς καὶ καθαρὸν ἀτεχνῶς οὐδὲν ἀλλ᾽ ἢ
φαρμάκου δευσοποιοῦ τοῦ σώματος ἀπηλλαγμένος. ἐν δ᾽ Ἄργει λευκὰ φοροῦσιν
ἐν τοῖς πένθεσιν, ὡς Σωκράτης 3 φησίν, ὑδατόκλυστα.
‘διὰ τί πᾶν τεῖχος: ἀβέβηλον καὶ ἱερὸν νομίζουσι ’
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