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Εὔδοξος δέ, πολλῶν τάφων ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ λεγομένων, ἐν Βουσίριδι τὸ σῶμα
κεῖσθαι: καὶ γὰρ [p. 492] πατρίδα ταύτην γεγονέναι τοῦ Ὀσίριδος
οὐκέτι μέντοι λόγου δεῖσθαι τὴν Ταφόσιριν: αὐτὸ γὰρ φράζειν τοὔνομα
ταφὴν Ὀσίριδος. αἰνῶ 1 δὲ τομὴν ξύλου καὶ σχίσιν λίνου καὶ χοὰς χεομένας διὰ τὸ
πολλὰ τῶν μυστικῶν ἀναμεμῖχθαι τούτοις. οὐ
μόνον δὲ τούτων 2 οἱ ἱερεῖς λέγουσιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν ἄλλων θεῶν, ὅσοι μὴ
ἀγέννητοι 3 μηδ᾽ ἄφθαρτοι, τὰ μὲν σώματα παρ᾽ αὐτοῖς
κεῖσθαι καμόντα καὶ θεραπεύεσθαι, τὰς δὲ ψυχὰς ἐν οὐρανῷ λάμπειν ἄστρα, καὶ
καλεῖσθαι κύνα μὲν τὴν Ἴσιδος ὑφ᾽
Ἑλλήνων, ὑπ᾽ Αἰγυπτίων δὲ Σῶθιν Ὠρίωνα δὲ τὴν Ὥρου, 4 τὴν δὲ Τυφῶνος ἄρκτον,
εἰς δὲ τὰς ταφὰς 5 τῶν τιμωμένων ζῴων τοὺς μὲν ἄλλους
συντεταγμένα τελεῖν, μόνους δὲ μὴ διδόναι τοὺς Θηβαΐδα κατοικοῦντας, ὡς
θνητὸν θεὸν οὐδένα νομίζοντας, ἀλλ᾽ ὃν 6 καλοῦσιν αὐτοὶ Κνήφ, ἀγέννητον 7 ὄντα καὶ ἀθάνατον.
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1889. 2.
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