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ἀλλ᾽ ἀφίημι τὰ τῶν βαρβάρων ἀφθονίαν
[p. 220] γὰρ αὐτὸς ἐν τοῖς Ἑλληνικοῖς πεποίηκεν. Ἀθηναίους τοίνυν καὶ τοὺς πολλοὺς τῶν ἄλλων Ἰώνων
ἐπαισχύνεσθαι τῷ ὀνόματι τούτῳ, μὴ βουλομένους ἀλλὰ φεύγοντας Ἴωνας κεκλῆσθαι, τοὺς δὲ νομίζοντας
αὐτῶν γενναιοτάτους εἶναι καὶ ὁρμηθέντας ἀπὸ τοῦ πρυτανηίου τῶν Ἀθηναίων ἐκ βαρβάρων παιδοποιήσασθαι γυναικῶν, πατέρας αὐτῶν καὶ ἄνδρας
καὶ παῖδας φονεύσαντας: διὸ τὰς γυναῖκας νόμον θέσθαι καὶ ὅρκους ἐπελάσαι καὶ παραδοῦναι
ταῖς θυγατράσι, μήποτε ὁμοσιτῆσαι τοῖς ἀνδράσι μηδ᾽ ὀνομαστὶ βοῆσαι τὸν αὑτῆς ἄνδρα, καὶ τοὺς
νῦν ὄντας Μιλησίους ἐξ ἐκείνων γεγονέναι τῶν
γυναικῶν ὑπειπὼν δὲ καθαρῶς Ἴωνας γεγονέναι
τοὺς Ἀπατούρια ἄγοντας ἑορτὴν ‘ἄγουσι δὲ πάντες
’
φησὶ ‘πλὴν Ἐφεσίων καὶ Κολοφωνίων.’ τούτους μὲν οὖν οὕτως ἐκκέκλεικε
τῆς εὐγενείας.
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1893. 5.
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