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‘ περὶ Ἔρωτος, οὐκ ἔστι 1 σοι μὴ διακαλύψαι μηδὲ διαφῆναι πρὸς ἡμᾶς ἀγαπήσομεν δέ, κἂν μικρὰ περὶ μεγάλων ἀκούσωμεν’ δεομένων δὲ καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἔφη ὁ πατὴρ ὡς Αἰγύπτιοι δύο μὲν Ἕλλησι παραπλησίως Ἔρωτας, τόν τε πάνδημον καὶ τὸν οὐράνιον, ἴσασι, τρίτον δὲ νομίζουσιν Ἔρωτα τὸν ἣλιον, Ἀφροδίτην 2 ἔχουσι 3 μάλα σεβάσμιον. ‘ἡμεῖς δὲ πολλὴν μὲν Ἔρωτος ὁμοιότητα πρὸς τὸν ἥλιον, [p. 441] οὐδεμίαν δ᾽ Ἀφροδίτης πρὸς 4 τὴν γῆν ὁρῶμεν οὖσαν: πῦρ μὲν γὰρ οὐδέτερόν ἐστιν ὥσπερ οἴονταί τινες, αὐγὴ 5 καὶ θερμότης γλυκεῖα καὶ γόνιμος, καὶ ἡ 6 μὲν ἀπ᾽ ἐκείνου φερομένη σώματι παρέχει τροφὴν καὶ φῶς καὶ αὔξησιν, ἡ δ᾽ ἀπὸ τούτου ψυχαῖς. ὡς ’
1 οὐκέτι BE. οὐκέτι ἔστι Winck.
2 lac. inserui R praeeunte et supplente Ἀφροδίτην δ᾽ ἔχουσι σελήνην θεῶν μάλιστα σεβ. Malim Ἀφροδίτην[δὲ τὴν γῆν] ἔχουσι κἑ cf. adnot. ad lin. 18
3 ἔχουσι] ἄγουσι Lobeckius; potuit etiam λέγουσι, sed cf. p. 366a Ἰσιδος σῶμα γῆν ἔχουσι καὶ νομίζουσι
4 τὸν ἥλιον οὐδεμίαν δ᾽ Ἀφροδίτης πρὸς * Postquam doctrinam Aegyptiacam de Amore et Venere breviter exposuit, suam opinionem (verba enim ἡμεῖς δὲ πολλὴν μὲν Ἐρωτος κἑ. non sunt Aegypt. doctrinam confirmantis sed emendantis) de hac doctrina subiungit, ita ut Amoris cum Sole magnam Veneris tamen cum Terra nullam similitudinem esse videat. Alteram similitudinem multis verbis inde a πῦρ μὲν γὰρ οὐδέτερόν ἐστιν usque ad τῶν δ᾽ ἄλλων πάντων ὑπερορᾶν (p. 441 lin. 20) confirmat; alteram breviter (γῆν δὲ κατ᾽ οὐδὲν Ἀφροδίτην καλοῦντες ἅπτονταί τινος ὅμοιότητος) refutat, ita ut non Terram sed potius Lunam Veneris similem esse contendat. Unde colligit ἑοικέναι μὲν οὖν Ἀφροδίτῃ σελήνην ἥλιον δ᾽ ἔρωτι, τῶν ἄλλων θεῶν μᾶλλον εἰκος ἐστι (potius quam ullos alios velut Terram ex numero deorum probabile est) cf. p. 363d ubi Terram Isis designat. 374c. 372e
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1892. 4.
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