ἔθυον οὐ προσέχουσιν οὐδέν μοι θεοῖς:οὕτω γὰρ Ἐπίκουρος οἴεται δεῖν σχηματίζεσθαι καὶ μὴ φθονεῖν μηδ᾽ ἀπεχθάνεσθαι τοῖς πολλοῖς, οἷς
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αὐλὸν μὲν γὰρ ἑτέρων ἑορτῶν καὶ στέφανον ἀφαιροῦμεν,
θεοῦ δὲ θυσίᾳ μὴ παρόντος, ὥσπερ ἱερὸν
δοχῆς, ἄθεόν ἐστι καὶ ἀνεόρταστον καὶ ἀνενθουσίαστον
τὸ λειπόμενον, μᾶλλον δ᾽ ὅλον ἀτερπὲς αὐτῷ καὶ λυπηρόν: ὑποκρίνεται γὰρ εὐχὰς καὶ προσκυνήσεις,
οὐδὲν δεόμενος, διὰ τὸν φόβον τῶν πολλῶν
καὶ φθέγγεται φωνὰς ἐναντίας οἷς φιλοσοφεῖ: καὶ θύων μὲν ὡς μαγείρῳ παρέστηκε τῷ ἱερεῖ σφάττοντι,
θύσας δ᾽ ἄπεισι λέγων τὸ Μενάνδρειον
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1895. 6.
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