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ἦν μὲν οὖν καὶ ταῦτα παρορμητικὰ πρὸς
γάμον λέγω δὲ τὰς πομπὰς τῶν παρθένων καὶ [p. 248] τὰς ἀποδύσεις
καὶ τοὺς ἀγῶνας ἐν ὄψει τῶν νέων, ἀγομένων οὐ γεωμετρικαῖς, ἀλλ᾽
ἐρωτικαῖς, ὥς φησιν ὁ Πλάτων, ἀνάγκαις: οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀτιμίαν τινὰ
προσέθηκε τοῖς ἀγάμοις. εἴργοντο γὰρ ἐν ταῖς γυμνοπαιδίαις τῆς θέας: τὸν
δὲ χειμῶνος οἱ μὲν ἄρχοντες αὑτοὺς ἐκέλευον ἐν κύκλῳ γυμνοὺς
περιϊέναι τὴν ἀγοράν,
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