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ἐρῶντι ἀνδρί τις οὐκ ἐρῶν ἐπειγούσης τῆς μάχης καὶ συνάγοντος τοῦ πολέμου οὐκ ἂν συμμίξειεν. ὁ γὰρ ἀνέραστος φεύγει καὶ ἀποδιδράσκει τὸν ἐρωτικόν, ἅτε βέβηλος καὶ ἀτέλεστος τῷ θεῷ καὶ τοσοῦτον ἀνδρεῖος, ὅσον αὐτῷ καὶ ἡ ψυχὴ χωρεῖ καὶ τὸ σῶμα ῥώμης ἔχει: δέδοικε δὲ τὸν ἕτερον, ἅτε ἐκ θεοῦ κατόχως ἐνθουσιῶντα, καὶ οὐ μὰ Δία τοῦτο τὸ κοινὸν ἔξ Ἄρεος ἀλλ᾽ ἐξ Ἔρωτος μανέντα. οἱ μὲν γὰρ ἐκ τοῦ ἑτέρου τῶν θεῶν κατειλημμένοι, ὧν ἕνα φησὶν Ὅμηρος ὅμοια τῷ Ἄρει μαίνεσθαι, ἀλλ᾽ ἐκεῖνοί γε ἐξ ἑνὸς περιειλημμένοι δαίμονος εὖ καὶ καλῶς ἀγωνίζονται τοσοῦτον, ὅσον ἐνθουσιᾶν αὐτοὺς ἅπαξ: οἱ δὲ Ἔρωτος βάκχοι πολεμοῦντες καὶ ὑπὸ τῆς Ἄρεος ὁρμῆς καὶ ὑπὸ τῆς Ἔρωτος ἐκκαύσεως διπλῆν τὴν λατρείαν ὑπομένοντες εἰκότως κατὰ τὴν Κρητῶν ἔννοιαν κατορθοῦσι διπλᾶ. οὔκουν τῷ ἐξ Ἄρεος καὶ Ἔρωτος φονῶντι αἰτιάσαιτο ἄν τις εἰ μὴ ὑπομένοι ὁπλίτης ἀνταγωνίσασθαι ὑφ᾽ ἑνὶ τεταγμένος θεῷ, ἀλλ᾽ οὐχ ὑπὸ τοῖς δύο. [p. 43]
Claudii Aeliani de natura animalium libri xvii, varia historia, epistolae, fragmenta, Vol 2. Aelian. Rudolf Hercher. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1866. Keyboarding.
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