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11. τῶν δὲ δὴ παρανομημάτων αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸ κατὰ τὸν Ἐλεγάβαλον 1 ἔχεται, οὐχ ὅτι θεόν τινα ξενικὸν ἐς τὴν Ῥώμην ἐσήγαγεν, οὐδ᾽ ὅτι καινοπρεπέστατα αὐτὸν ἐμεγάλυνεν, ἀλλ᾽ ὅτι καὶ πρὸ τοῦ Διὸς αὐτοῦ ἤγαγεν αὐτόν, καὶ ὅτι καὶ ἱερέα αὐτοῦ ἑαυτὸν ψηφισθῆναι ἐποίησεν, ὅτι τε τὸ αἰδοῖον περιέτεμε, καὶ ὅτι χοιρείων κρεῶν, ὡς καὶ καθαρώτερον ἐκ τούτων θρησκεύσων, ἀπείχετο ῾ἐβουλεύσατο μὲν γὰρ παντάπασιν αὐτὸ ἀποκόψαι: ἀλλ᾽ ἐκεῖνο μὲν τῆς μαλακίας ἕνεκα ποιῆσαι ἐπεθύμησε, τοῦτο δὲ ὡς καὶ τῇ τοῦ Ἐλεγαβάλου 2 ἱερατείᾳ προσῆκον ἔπραξεν: ἐξ οὗ δὴ καὶ ἑτέροις τῶν συνόντων συχνοῖς ὁμοίως [2] ἐλυμήνατὀ: καὶ μέντοι καὶ ὅτι τὴν ἐσθῆτα τὴν βαρβαρικήν, οἱ τῶν Σύρων ἱερεῖς χρῶνται, καὶ δημοσίᾳ πολλάκις ἑωρᾶτο ἐνδεδυμένος: ἀφ᾽ οὗπερ οὐχ ἥκιστα καὶ τὴν τοῦ Ἀσσυρίου ἐπωνυμίαν ἔλαβεν.

Xiph. 348, 13-21 R. St., Exc. Val. 408 (p. 762).
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1 *)elega/balon Reim., e)leaga/balon *wC (and similarly belos'.

2 *)elegaba/lou Reim., e)liogaba/lou

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