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‘ ἀρδείαις ποτιζόμενα, καὶ ψυχόμενα 1 μετρίως, ὅταν φλέγηται: ῥιγοῦντα δ᾽ αὐτὰ 2 θάλπειν πειρώμεθα καὶ [p. 221] σκέπειν πόλλ᾽ ἄττα 3 περιβάλλοντες: καὶ ὅσα μὴ παρ᾽ ἡμᾶς 4 ἐστιν, εὐχόμεθα τὸν θεὸν διδόναι, δρόσους μαλακὰς καὶ εἰλήσεις ἐν 5 πνεύμασι μετρίοις 6, ὡς ἀεὶ τοῦ ἀπολείποντος ἀναπλήρωσιν ἡ φύσις ἔχοι 7, διατηροῦσα τὴν κρᾶσιν. οὕτω γὰρ οἶμαι καὶ τροφὴν ὠνομάσθαι τὸ τηροῦν τὴν φύσιν: τηρεῖται δὲ τοῖς μὲν φυτοῖς ἀναισθήτως ἐκ τοῦ περιέχοντος, ὥς φησιν Ἐμπεδοκλῆς 8, ὑδρευομένοις τὸ πρόσφορον: ἡμᾶς ’
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