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ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Θράσυλλος ὁ Ἀμμωνίου υἱὸς ‘εἶτ᾽’ ἔφη ‘τί παθόντες, ὦ πρὸς Διός, εἶπας τῶι θεωρητὰ 1 κινήματα τοῦ ἀέρος οἰόμεθα δεῖν αἰτᾶσθαι, τὸν δ᾽ ἐμφανῆ σάλον καὶ σπαραγμὸν αὐτοῦ παρορῶμεν; 2 ὁ γὰρ δὴ μέγας ἡγεμὼν ἐν οὐρανῷ Ζεὺς οὗτος οὐ λανθάνων οὐδ᾽ 3 ἀτρέμα διακινῶν τὰ σμικρότατα τοῦ ἀέρος ἀλλ᾽ εὐθὺς ἐκφανεὶς ἀνίστησι καὶ κινεῖ πάντα πράγματα
δεξιὰ σημαίνων, λαοὺς δ᾽ ἐπὶ ἔργον ἐγείρων
4 οἱ δ᾽ ἕπονται, καθάπερ ἐκ παλιγγενεσίας ‘νέα ἐφ᾽ 5 ἡμέρῃ φρονέοντες’ ὥς φησι Δημόκριτος 6, οὔτ᾽ ἀφώνοις οὒτ᾽ ἀπράκτοις 7 ἐνεργείαις: καὶ τὸν ὄρθρον ὁ Ἴβυκος 8 οὐ κακῶς ‘κλυτὸν’ προσεῖπεν, ἐν ᾧ κλύειν καὶ ἤδη 9 φθέγγεσθαι συμβέβηκε: τῆς δὲ νυκτὸς ’

1 εἴπατε, τὰ ἀθεώρητα (malim τἀθεώρητα) Doehnerus

2 cf. Aristot. p. 339, 30a sq.

3 οὐδ᾽ *: οὔτ᾽

4 eiusdem ut vid. poetae prior versus legitur p. 1129e. cf. p. 764e Etym. M. p. 433, 51

5 ἐφ᾽ ἡμέρῃ Schottus: ἐφημέρη

6 Δημόκριτος] Mullach 1 p. 355 sed hoc testimonium omisit

7 ἀταράκτοις?

8 Ἰβυκος] Bergk. 3 p. 238

9 καὶ ἥδη] καὶ νὴ Δία Emperius

Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1892. 4.

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