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οἱ δ᾽ ἱερεῖς οὕτω δυσχεραίνουσι τὴν τῶν περιττωμάτων φύσιν, ὥστε μὴ
μόνον παραιτεῖσθαι τῶν ὀσπρίων τὰ πολλὰ καὶ τῶν κρεῶν τὰ μήλεια καὶ
ὕεια, πολλὴν ποιοῦντα περίττωσιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοὺς ἅλας τῶν σιτίων ἐν ταῖς ἁγνείαις ἀφαιρεῖν, ἄλλας τε πλείονας
αἰτίας ἔχοντας καὶ τὸ 1 ποτικωτέρους καὶ βρωτικωτέρους
ποιεῖν ἐπιθήγοντας τὴν ὄρεξιν. τὸ γάρ, ὡς Ἀρισταγόρας 2 ἔλεγε, διὰ τὸ πηγνυμένοις πολλὰ τῶν μικρῶν ζῴων
ἐναποθνήσκειν ἁλισκόμενα μὴ καθαροὺς
λογίζεσθαι τοὺς ἅλας εὔηθές ἐστι. λέγονται δὲ καὶ τὸν Ἆπιν ἐκ φρέατος
ἰδίου ποτίζειν, τοῦ δὲ Νείλου παντάπασιν ἀπείργειν, οὐ μιαρὸν ἡγούμενοι
3 τὸ ὕδωρ διὰ τὸν κροκόδειλον, ὡς ἔνιοι
νομίζουσιν οὐδὲν γὰρ οὕτω τίμιον 4 Αἰγυπτίοις, ὡς ὁ
Νεῖλος ἀλλὰ πιαίνειν δοκεῖ καὶ μάλιστα πολυσαρκίαν ποιεῖν τὸ Νειλῷον
ὕδωρ πινόμενον. οὐ βούλονται δὲ τὸν Ἆπιν οὕτως ἔχειν οὐδ᾽ ἑαυτούς,
ἀλλ᾽ εὐσταλῆ καὶ κοῦφα ταῖς ψυχαῖς περικεῖσθαι τὰ σώματα καὶ μὴ πιέζειν
μηδὲ καταθλίβειν ἰσχύοντι τῷ θνητῷ καὶ
βαρύνοντι τὸ θεῖον.
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1889. 2.
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