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λέγοντος, Δημήτριος
ὑπολαβών ‘πῶς’ ἔφη ‘λέγεις, ὦ Κλεόμβροτε, γενεὰν ἀνδρὸς
εἰρῆσθαι τὸν ἐνιαυτόν; οὔτε γάρ ‘ἡβῶντος’ οὔτε ‘γηρῶντος,’
1 ὡς ἀναγιγνώσκουσιν ἔνιοι,
χρόνος ἀνθρωπίνου βίου τοσοῦτὸς ἐστιν.
ἀλλ᾽ οἱ μὲν ‘ἡβώντων’
2 ἀναγιγνώσκοντες ἔτη τριάκοντα
ποιοῦσι τὴν γενεὰν καθ᾽ Ἡράκλειτον, 3 ἐν ᾧ χρόνῳ γεννῶντα παρέχει τὸν ἐξ αὑτοῦ γεγεννημένον ὁ
γεννήσας. οἱ δὲ ‘γηρώντων’ πάλιν οὐχ ‘ἡβώντων’ γράφοντες ὀκτὼ
καὶ ἑκατὸν ἔτη νέμουσι τῇ γενεᾷ : τὰ
γὰρ πεντήκοντα καί τέσσαρα μεσούσης ὅρον ἀνθρωπίνης ζωῆς εἶναι,
συγκείμενον ἔκ τε τῆς ’
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