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ῥᾳθυμεῖν τῶν ἱερῶν; ἡ δὲ
γάνωσις τοῦ ἀγάλματος ἀναγκαία: ταχὺ γὰρ ἐξανθεῖ τὸ μίλτινον, ᾧ τὰ
παλαιὰ τῶν ἀγαλμάτων ἔχρωζον.
‘διὰ τί τῶν ἄλλων ἱερέων τὸν καταδικασθέντα καὶ φυγόντα παύοντες
ἕτερον αἱροῦνται, τοῦ δ᾽ ‘αὔγουρος,’ ἕως ζῇ, κἂν ἐπὶ τοῖς
μεγίστοις ἀδικήμασι καταγνῶσιν, οὐκ ἀφαιροῦνται τὴν ἱερωσύνην
‘αὔγουρας’ δὲ τοὺς ἐπὶ τῶν οἰωνῶν καλοῦσι;᾽’ πότερον,
ὡς ἔνιοι λέγουσι, βούλονται μηδένα τὰ τῶν
ἱερῶν ἀπόρρητα γιγνώσκειν, ὃς οὐκ ἔστιν ἱερεύς: ἢ κατειλημμένον
ὅρκοις τὸν αὔγουρα μηδενὶ φράσειν τὰ τῶν ἱερῶν 1 ἀπολῦσαι τῶν ὅρκων οὐ
θέλουσιν
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