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δὲ κριθῇ διὰ μανότητα σύμφορον ἐν ἀρχῇ τὸ ξηρότερον,
ἢ διὰ θερμότητα σύμμετρος καὶ ἀβλαβὴς; ἡ
κρᾶσις ψυχρότερον δ᾽ ἡ κριθή: ἢ φοβοῦνται τὸν πυρὸν ἐν ξηρῷ τρίβειν διὰ τοὺς μύρμηκας, εὐθὺς γὰρ ἐπιτίθενται, εἰς δὲ κριθὰς ἧττον φέρονται, δυσβάστακτοι γάρ εἰσι καὶ δυσπαρακόμιστοι διὰ μέγεθος;
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διὰ τί τῶν ἀρρένων ἵππων μᾶλλον ἢ τῶν θηλειῶν τὰς τρίχας
εἰς τὴν ὁρμιὰν λαμβάνουσι;
πότερον, ὡς τοῖς ἄλλοις τὸ ἄρρεν τοῦ θήλεος
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1893. 5.
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