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ὁ μὲν γὰρ Ὄσιρις καὶ ἡ Ἶσις ἐκ δαιμόνων
ἀγαθῶν εἰς θεοὺς μετήλλαξαν: τὴν δὲ τοῦ Τυφῶνος ἠμαυρωμένην καὶ
συντετρυμμένην δύναμιν, ἔτι δὲ καὶ ψυχορραγοῦσαν καὶ σφαδᾴζουσαν, ἔστιν
αἷς παρηγοροῦσι θυσίαις καὶ πραΰνουσιν, ἔστι δ᾽ ὅτε πάλιν ἐκταπεινοῦσι καὶ
καθυβρίζουσιν ἔν τισιν ἑορταῖς, τῶν μὲν
ἀνθρώπων τοὺς πυρροὺς καὶ προπηλακίζοντες, ὄνον δὲ κατακρημνίζοντες, ὡς
Κοπτῖται, διὰ τὸ πυρρὸν γεγονέναι τὸν Τυφῶνα καὶ ὀνώδη τὴν χρόαν.
Βουσιρῖται δὲ καὶ Λυκοπολῖται σάλπιγξιν οὐ χρῶνται τὸ παράπαν ὡς ὄνῳ
φθεγγομέναις ἐμφερές. καὶ ὅλως τὸν ὄνον οὐ
καθαρὸν ἀλλὰ δαιμονικὸν ἡγοῦνται ζῷον εἶναι διὰ τὴν πρὸς ἐκεῖνον
ὁμοιότητα καὶ πόπανα ποιοῦντες ἐν θυσίαις τοῦ τε Παϋνὶ καὶ τοῦ Φαωφὶ
μηνὸς ἐπιπλάττουσι
παράσημον ὄνον δεδεμένον. ἐν δὲ τῇ τοῦ Ἡλίου θυσίᾳ τοῖς σεβομένοις 1 τὸν θεὸν παρεγγυῶσι μὴ φορεῖν
ἐπὶ τῷ σώματι χρυσία μηδ᾽ ὄνῳ τροφὴν διδόναι. φαίνονται δὲ καὶ οἱ
Πυθαγορικοὶ τὸν Τυφῶνα δαιμονικὴν ἡγούμενοι δύναμιν: λέγουσι γὰρ ἐν
ἀρτίῳ μέτρῳ % ἕκτῳ καὶ πεντηκοστῷ γεγονέναι Τυφῶνα: καὶ πάλιν τὴν μὲν τοῦ τριγώνου 2 Ἅιδου καὶ Διονύσου καὶ Ἄρεος
εἶναι: τὴν δὲ τοῦ τετραγώνου Ῥέας καὶ Ἀφροδίτης καὶ Δήμητρος καὶ
Ἑστίας καὶ Ἥρας: 3 τὴν [p. 502] δὲ τοῦ δωδεκαγώνου Διός: τὴν δ᾽ 4 ἑκκαιπεντηκονταγωνίου
5 Τυφῶνος, ὡς Εὔδοξος
ἱστόρηκεν.
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1889. 2.
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