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τῆς δ᾽ Ἴσιδος πρὸς τὸν υἱὸν Ὧρον ἐν Βούτῳ τρεφόμενον πορευθείσης,
τὸ δ᾽ ἀγγεῖον ἐκποδὼν
ἀποθεμένης Τυφῶνα
κυνηγετοῦντα νύκτωρ πρὸς τὴν σελήνην ἐντυχεῖν αὐτῷ, καὶ τὸ σῶμα
γνωρίσαντα διελεῖν εἰς τεσσαρεσκαίδεκα 1 μέρη καὶ διαρρῖψαι: τὴν δ᾽
Ἶσιν πυθομένην ἀναζητεῖν ἐν βάριδι παπυρίνῃ τὰ 2 ἕλη διεκπλέουσαν
ὅθεν οὐκ ἀδικεῖσθαι τοὺς ἐν παπυρίνοις
σκάφεσι πλέοντας ὑπὸ τῶν κροκοδείλων, ἢ φοβουμένων ἢ σεβομένων νὴ διὰ
3 τὴν
θεόν. ἐκ τούτου δὲ καὶ πολλοὺς; τάφους Ὀσίριδος ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ λέγεσθαι
διὰ τὸ προστυγχάνουσαν ἑκάστῳ μέρει ταφὰς ποιεῖν. οἱ δ᾽ οὔ φασιν, ἀλλ᾽
εἴδωλα ποιουμένην διδόναι 4 καθ᾽ ἑκάστην
πόλιν ὡς τὸ σῶμα
διδοῦσαν ὅπως παρὰ πλείοσιν ἔχῃ τιμάς, κἂν ὁ Τυφὼν ἐπικρατήσῃ τοῦ
Ὥρου, τὸν ἀληθινὸν τάφον ζητῶν, πολλῶν λεγομένων καὶ δεικνυμένων
ἀπαγορεύσῃ. μόνον δὲ τῶν μερῶν τοῦ Ὀσίριδος τὴν Ἶσιν οὐχ εὑρεῖν τὸ αἰδοῖον: εὐθὺς γὰρ εἰς τὸν ποταμὸν
ῥιφῆναι καὶ γεύσασθαι τόν τε λεπιδωτὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ [p. 489] τὸν
φάγρον καὶ τὸν ὀξύρυγχον, οὓς 5 μάλιστα τῶν ἰχθύων ἀφοσιοῦσθαι:
6 τὴν δ᾽ Ἶσιν ἀντ᾽ ἐκείνου μίμημα ποιησαμένην καθιερῶσαι τὸν
φαλλόν, ᾧ καὶ νῦν ἑορτάζειν τοὺς Αἰγυπτίους.
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1889. 2.
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