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τούτων δὲ καὶ τῶν τοιούτων ἀδελφὰ λέγεσθαί φασι περὶ Τυφῶνος, ὡς δεινὰ
μὲν ὑπὸ φθόνου καὶ δυσμενείας εἰργάσατο, καὶ πάντα πράγματα ταράξας
ἐνέπλησε κακῶν γῆν ὁμοῦ τι 1 πᾶσαν καὶ θάλασσαν,
εἶτα δίκην ἔδωκεν. ἡ δὲ τιμωρὸς Ὀσίριδος ἀδελφὴ καὶ γυνὴ τὴν
Τυφῶνος σβέσασα καὶ καταπαύσασα μανίαν καὶ λύσσαν οὐ περιεῖδε τοὺς;
ἄθλους καὶ τοὺς ἀγῶνας, οὓς ἀνέτλη, καὶ πλάνας αὑτῆς: καὶ πολλὰ μὲν
ἔργα σοφίας πολλὰ δ᾽ ἀνδρείας, ἀμνηστίαν
ὑπολαβοῦσαν 2 καὶ σιωπήν, ἀλλὰ ταῖς ἁγιωτάταις: [p. 498] ἀναμίξασα τελεταῖς εἰκόνας καὶ ὑπονοίας καὶ μιμήματα
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τῶν τότε παθημάτων, εὐσεβείας ὁμοῦ δίδαγμα καὶ παραμύθιον ἀνδράσι καὶ γυναιξὶν
ὑπὸ συμφορῶν ἐχομένοις ὁμοίων καθωσίωσεν. αὐτὴ δὲ καὶ Ὄσιρις ἐκ δαιμόνων ἀγαθῶν δι᾽ ἀρετὴν 4 εἰς θεοὺς μεταβαλόντες, ὡς
ὕστερον Ἡρακλῆς καὶ Διόνυσος, ἅμα καὶ θεῶν καὶ δαιμόνων οὐκ ἀπὸ
τρόπου μεμιγμένας τιμὰς ἔχουσι, πανταχοῦ μέν, ἐν δὲ τοῖς 5 ὑπὲρ γῆν καὶ 6 ὑπὸ γῆν δυνάμενοι μέγιστον, οὐ γὰρ ἄλλον
εἶναι Σάραπιν ἢ τὸν
Πλούτωνά φασι, καὶ Ἶσιν τὴν 7 Περσέφασσαν, ὡς Ἀρχέμαχος 8 εἴρηκεν ὁ Εὐβοεύς, καὶ ὁ Ποντικὸς Ἡρακλείδης
9 τὸ χρηστήριον ἐν Κανώβῳ Πλούτωνος
ἡγούμενος εἶναι.
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1889. 2.
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