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‘τίς ἡ Ἀνθηδών, περὶ ἧς ἡ Πυθιὰς εἶπε
πῖν᾽ οἶνον τρυγίαν, ἐπεὶ οὐκ Ἀνθηδόνα ναίεις
ἡ γὰρ ἐν Βοιωτοῖς οὐκ ἔστι πολύοινος;᾽’ τὴν Καλαύρειαν 1 Εἰρήνην τὸ παλαιὸν ὠνόμαζον ἀπὸ γυναικὸς εἰρήνης, ἣν ἐκ Ποσειδῶνος καὶ Μελανθείας τῆς Ἀλφειοῦ γενέσθαι μυθολογοῦσιν. ὕστερον δὲ τῶν περὶ Ἄνθην 2 καὶ Ὑπέρην αὐτόθι κατοικούντων, Ἀνθηδονίαν καὶ Ὑπέρειαν ἐκάλουν τὴν νῆσον. εἶχε δ᾽ ὁ χρησμὸς οὕτως, ὡς Ἀριστοτέλης φησί,
πῖν᾽ οἶνον τρυγίαν, ἐπεὶ οὐκ Ἀνθηδόνα ναίεις
οὐδ᾽ ἱερὰν Ὑπέραν, ὅθι γ᾽ ἄτρυγον οἶνον ἔπινες
ταῦτα μὲν ὁ Ἀριστοτέλης. 3 ὁ δὲ Μνασιγείτων φησὶν Ὑπέρης ἀδελφὸν ὄντα τὸν Ἄνθον ἔτι νήπιον ἀπολέσθαι, καὶ τὴνὙπέρην κατὰ ζήτησιν αὐτοῦ πλανωμένην εἰς Φερὰς πρὸς Ἄκαστον 4 ἐλθεῖν, ὅπου κατὰ τύχην ὁ Ἄνθος ἐδούλευεν οἰνοχοεῖν τεταγμένος. ὡς οὖν εἱστιῶντο, τὸν παῖδα προσφέροντα τῇ ἀδελφῇ τὸ ποτήριον ἐπιγνῶναι καὶ εἰπεῖν πρὸς αὐτὴν ἡσυχῆ
πῖν᾽ οἶνον τρυγίαν, ἐπεὶ οὐκ Ἀνθηδόνα ναίεις.

1 Καλαύρειαν *: Καλαυρίαν

2 Ἀνθην] Ἀνθον?

3 Ἀριστοτέλης] Fragm. 555

4 Ἀκαστον Bryanus: ἄκαστον ἢ ἄδραστον

Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1889. 2.

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