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ἄστοργον καὶ δυσεπίμικτον ἀμβλύνει καὶ ἀνασβέννυσι τὰς ὁρμάς. ἢ καὶ τὸ λεγόμενον ὑπ᾽ Ἀριστοτέλους
ἀληθές ἐστιν, ὅτι ‘χλούνην’ Ὅμηρος ὠνόμασε
[p. 391] σῦν τὸν μόνορχιν; τῶν γὰρ πλείστων φησὶ προσκνωμένων τοῖς στελέχεσι θρύπτεσθαι τοὺς ὄρχεις.
διὰ τί τῆς ἄρκτου φασὶ τὴν χεῖρα γλυκυτάτην ἔχειν σάρκα
καὶ φαγεῖν ἡδίστην;
ἦ ὅτι τὰ πέττοντα τὴν τροφὴν μάλιστα τοῦ
σώματος παρέχει τὸ κρέας ἥδιστον; πέττει δὲ κάλλιστα
τὸ διαπνέον, κινούμενον μάλιστα καὶ συγγυμναζόμενον,
ὥσπερ ἡ ἄρκτος τῷ μέρει τούτῳ
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1893. 5.
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