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‘ τὰς δὲ πύλας οὐ
νομίζουσιν;᾽’ ἦ καθάπερ ἔγραψε Βάρρων τὸ μὲν τεῖχος ἱερὸν δεῖ
νομίζειν, ὅπως ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ μάχωνται προθύμως καὶ ἀποθνήσκωσιν; οὕτω γὰρ
δοκεῖ καὶ Ῥωμύλος ἀποκτεῖναι τὸν ἀδελφὸν
ὡς ἄβατον καὶ ἱερὸν τόπον ἐπιχειροῦντα διαπηδᾶν καὶ ποιεῖν ὑπερβατὸν
καὶ βέβηλον. τὰς δὲ πύλας οὐχ οἷὸν τ᾽ ἦν ἀφιερῶσαι, δι᾽ ὧν ἄλλα τε
πολλὰ τῶν ἀναγκαίων καὶ τοὺς νεκροὺς; ἐκκομίζουσιν. ὅθεν οἱ πόλιν ἀπ᾽
ἀρχῆς κτίζοντες, ὅταν ἂν μέλλωσι τόπον
ἀνοικοδομεῖν ἐπίασιν ἀρότρῳ, βοῦν ἄρρενα καὶ θήλειαν ὑποζεύξαντες:
ὅταν δὲ τὰ τείχη περιορίζωσι, τὰς τῶν πυλῶν χώρας διαμετροῦντες τὴν
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