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‘ τὰ πολλὰ μᾶλλον ἢ παροξύνων οὐκ ἄφρονας οὐδ᾽ [p. 301] ἠλιθίους ἀλλ᾽ ἁπλοῦς ποιεῖ καὶ ἀπανούργους, οὐδὲ παρορατικοὺς τοῦ συμφέροντος ἀλλὰ τοῦ καλοῦ προαιρετικούς. οἱ δὲ τὴν πανουργίαν δεινότητα καὶ φρόνησιν ἡγούμενοι τὴν ψευδοδοξίαν καὶ ἀνελευθερίαν, εἰκότως ἀβελτέρους ἀποφαίνουσι τοὺς ἐν οἴνῳ λέγοντας ἀφελῶς καὶ ἀδόλως τὸ φαινόμενον. τοὐναντίον δ᾽ οἱ παλαιοὶ τὸν θεὸν Ἐλευθερᾶ 1 καὶ Λύσιον ἐκάλουν καὶ μαντικῆς πολλὴν 2 ἔχειν ἡγοῦντο μοῖραν, οὐ διὰ ‘τὸ βακχεύσιμον καὶ 3 μανιῶδες ’ ὥσπερ Εὐριπίδης 4 εἶπεν, ἀλλ᾽ ὅτι τὸ δουλοπρεπὲς ’
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