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ἔτι πολλοὶ μὲν Ἑρμοῦ, πολλοὶ δὲ Προμηθέως ἱστορήκασιν αὐτὴν θυγατέρα:
ὧν 1 τὸν
2 μὲν
ἕτερον σοφίας καὶ προνοίας, Ἑρμῆν δὲ γραμματικῆς; καὶ μουσικῆς εὑρετὴν νομίζοντες.
3 διὸ καὶ τῶν ἐν 4 Ἑρμοῦ πόλει Μουσῶν τὴν
προτέραν Ἶσιν ἅμα καὶ Δικαιοσύνην καλοῦσι, σοφὴν οὖσαν, 5 ὥσπερ
εἴρηται, καὶ δεικνύουσαν τὰ θεῖα τοῖς ἀληθῶς καὶ δικαίως ἱεραφόροις καὶ
ἱεροστόλοις προσαγορευομένοις. οὗτοι δ᾽ εἰσὶν οἱ τὸν ἱερὸν λόγον 6 περὶ
θεῶν πάσης καθαρεύοντα δεισιδαιμονίας καὶ
περιεργίας ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ φέροντες ὥσπερ ἐν κίστῃ καὶ περιστέλλοντες, τὰ
μὲν μέλανα καὶ σκιώδη τὰ δὲ φανερὰ καὶ λαμπρὰ τῆς περὶ θεῶν ὑποδηλοῦντα
7 οἰήσεως, 8 οἷα καὶ περὶ τὴν ἐσθῆτα τὴν ἱερὰν ἀποφαίνεται. διὸ καὶ τὸ
κοσμεῖσθαι τούτοις τοὺς ἀποθανόντας Ἰσιακοὺς
σύμβολόν ἐστι τοῦτον
τὸν λόγον εἶναι μετ᾽ αὐτῶν, καὶ τοῦτον ἔχοντας ἄλλο δὲ μηδὲν ἐκεῖ
βαδίζειν. οὔτε γὰρ φιλοσόφους πωγωνοτροφίαι, ὦ Κλέα, καὶ τριβωνοφορίαι
ποιοῦσιν, οὔτ᾽ Ἰσιακοὺς αἱ 9 λινοστολίαι καὶ ξυρήσεις 10 ἀλλ᾽ Ἰσιακός
ἐστιν ὡς ἀληθῶς ὁ τὰ δεικνύμενα καὶ δρώμενα περὶ τοὺς θεοὺς τούτους,
ὅταν 11
νόμῳ παραλάβῃ, λόγῳ ζητῶν καὶ φιλοσοφῶν περὶ τῆς ἐν αὐτοῖς ἀληθείας.
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1889. 2.
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