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πρὸς τοὺς παῖδας, ἄλλως 1 δ᾽ ἐπίσχεσίς ἐστι τῆς πρὸς τὸν
ὅρκον εὐχερείας καὶ ταχύτητος τὸ γιγνόμενον, ὡς Φαβωρῖνος ἔλεγε; τὸ
γὰρ ὥσπερ ἐκ παρασκευῆς μέλλησιν ἐμποιεῖ καὶ
βουλεύσασθαι δίδωσι. συμβάλοιτο δ᾽ ἄν τις τῷ Φαβωρίνῳ πρὸς τὸ μὴ κοινὸν
ἀλλ᾽ ἴδιον εἶναι τοῦ θεοῦ τούτου τὸ γιγνόμενον ἐκ τῶν περὶ Ἡρακλέους
λεγομένων. ἱστορεῖται γὰρ οὕτως εὐλαβὴς γεγονέναι πρὸς: ὅρκον, ὥσθ᾽
ἅπαξ ὀμόσαι καὶ μόνῳ Φυλεῖ τῷ Αὐγέου:
διὸ καὶ τὴν Πυθίαν προφέρειν τὰ ὅρκια ταῦτα Λακεδαιμονίοις ὡς
ἐμπεδοῦσι ‘λῷον εἴη καὶ ἄμεινον. ’
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