Plutarch, De Iside et Osiride, section 12

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λέγεται δ᾽ ὁ μῦθος οὗτος ¹ ἐν βραχυτάτοις ὡς ἔνεστι μάλιστα, τῶν ἀχρήστων σφόδρα καὶ περιττῶν ἀφαιρεθέντων: τῆς Ῥέας φασὶ κρύφα τῷ Κρόνῳ Βαχτερυς: [p. 482] συγγενομένης, αἰσθόμενον ἐπαράσασθαι τὸν Ἥλιον αὐτῇ μήτε μηνὶ μήτ᾽ ἐνιαυτῷ τεκεῖν ἐρῶντα δὲ τὸν Ἑρμῆν τῆς θεοῦ συνελθεῖν, εἶτα παίξαντα πέττια πρὸς τὴν Σελήνην καὶ ἀφελόντα τῶν φώτων ἑκάστου τὸ ἑβδομηκοστόν, ² ἐκ πάντων ἡμέρας πέντε συνελεῖν ³ καὶ ταῖς ἑξήκοντα καὶ τριακοσίαις ἐπαγαγεῖν, ⁴ ἃς νῦν ἐπαγομένας Αἰγύπτιοι καλοῦσι καὶ τῶν θεῶν γενεθλίους ἄγουσι. τῇ μὲν πρώτῃ τὸν Ὄσιριν γενέσθαι, καὶ φωνὴν αὐτῷ τεχθέντι συνεκπεσεῖν, ὡς ὁ πάντων ⁵ κύριος εἰς φῶς πρόεισιν. ἔνιοι δὲ Παμύλην τινὰ λέγουσιν ἐν Θήβαις ὑδρευόμενον ⁶ ἐκ τοῦ ἱεροῦ τοῦ Διὸς φωνὴν ἀκοῦσαι διακελευομένην ἀνειπεῖν μετὰ βοῆς, ὅτι μέγας βασιλεὺς εὐεργέτης Ὄσιρις γέγονε: καὶ διὰ τοῦτο θρέψαι τὸν Ὄσιριν, ἐγχειρίσαντος ⁷ αὐτῷ τοῦ Κρόνου, καὶ τὴν τῶν Παμυλίων ⁸ ἑορτὴν αὐτῷ τελεῖσθαι, Φαλληφορίοις ἐοικυῖαν. τῇ δὲ δευτέρᾳ τὸν Ἀρούηριν, ὃν Ἀπόλλωνα, ὃν καὶ ⁹ πρεσβύτερον Ὧρον ἔνιοι καλοῦσι: τῇ τρίτῃ δὲ Τυφῶνα μὴ καιρῷ μηδὲ κατὰ χώραν, ἀλλ᾽ ἀναρρήξαντα πληγῇ διὰ τῆς πλευρᾶς ἐξαλέσθαι: ¹⁰ τετάρτῃ δὲ τὴν Ἶσιν ἐν πανύγροις ¹¹ γενέσθαι: τῇ δὲ πέμπτῃ Νέφθυν, ἣν καὶ Τελευτὴν καὶ Ἀφροδίτην, ἔνιοι δὲ καὶ Νίκην ὀνομάζουσιν. εἶναι δὲ τὸν μὲν Ὄσιριν ἐξ Ἡλίου καὶ [p. 483] τὸν Ἀρούηριν, ἐκ δὲ Ἑρμοῦ τὴν Ἶσιν, ἐκ δὲ τοῦ Κρόνου τὸν Τυφῶνα καὶ τὴν Νέφθυν, διὸ καὶ τὴν τρίτην ¹² τῶν ἐπαγομένων ἀποφράδα νομίζοντες οἱ βασιλεῖς οὐκ ἐχρημάτιζον οὐδ᾽ ἐθεράπευον αὑτοὺς μέχρι νυκτός. γήμασθαι ¹³ δὲ τῷ Τυφῶνι τὴν Νέφθυν. Ἶσιν δὲ καὶ Ὄσιριν ἐρῶντας ἀλλήλων καὶ πρὶν ἢ γενέσθαι κατὰ γαστρὸς ὑπὸ σκότῳ συνεῖναι. ἔνιοι δέ φασι καὶ τὸν Ἀούηριν οὕτω γεγονέναι καὶ καλεῖσθαι πρεσβύτερον Ὧρον ὑπ᾽ Αἰγυπτίων, Ἀπόλλωνα δ᾽ ὑφ᾽ Ἑλλήνων. ¹⁴

1 οὕτως Baxterus

2 ἑβδομηκοστόν] add. δεύτερον Scaligerus

3 συνελεῖν X: συνελθεῖν

4 ἐπαγαγεῖν R: ἐπάγειν

5 ὁ πάντων R: ἁπάντων

6 ὑδρευόμενον Baxterus: ὑδρευομένην

7 ἐγχειρίσαντος Salmasius: ἐγχειρήσαντος

8 Παμύλην - Παμυλίων] Παμμύλην - Παμμυλίων L. Dindorfius

9 ῝ν καὶ] ὄντα καί? cf. p. 483, 9

10 ἐξαλέσθαι R: ἐξάλλεσθαι

11 πανύγροις] πανηγύρεσι Bunsenius

12 τρίτην] add. καὶ τὴν πέμπτην R

13 γήμασθαι X: τιμᾶσθαι

14 ἔνιοι δέ φασι - Ἑλλήνων] glossam esse putat W

Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1889. 2.

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