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ἔτι τε τὸν κιττὸν 1 Ἕλληνές τε καθιεροῦσι τῷ Διονύσῳ καὶ παρ᾽
Αἰγυπτίοις λέγεται ‘χενόσιρις’ ὀνομάζεσθαι, σημαίνοντος τοῦ ὀνόματος,
ὥς φασι, φυτὸν Ὀσίριδος. ἀρίστων τοίνυν ὁ γεγραφὼς Ἀθηναίων ἀποικίας 2
ἐπιστολῇ τινι Ἀλεξάρχου περιέπεσεν, ἐν
Διὸς 3 ἱστορεῖται καὶ 4 Ἴσιδος υἱὸς ὢν ὁ Διόνυσος ὑπ᾽ Αἰγυπτίων οὐκ
Ὄσιρις ἀλλ᾽ Ἀρσαφὴς ἐν τῷ ἄλφα γράμματι 5 λέγεσθαι, δηλοῦντος τὸ ἀνδρεῖον τοῦ ὀνόματος.
ἐμφαίνει δὲ τοῦτο καὶ ὁ Ἑρμαῖος 6 ἐν τῇ
πρώτῃ περὶ τῶν Αἰγυπτίων: ὄμβριμον 7 γάρ φησι μεθερμηνευόμενον εἶναι τὸν
Ὄσιριν. ἐῶ δὲ Μνασέαν 8 τῷ Ἐπάφῳ προστιθέντα τὸν Διόνυσον καὶ τὸν
Ὄσιριν καὶ τὸν Σάραπιν: ἐῶ καὶ Ἀντικλείδην λέγοντα τὴν Ἶσιν
Προμηθέως οὖσαν θυγατέρα Διονύσῳ συνοικεῖν
αἱ γὰρ εἰρημέναι περὶ τὰς ἑορτὰς καὶ τὰς θυσίας οἰκειότητες
ἐναργεστέραν τῶν μαρτύρων τὴν πίστιν ἔχουσι.
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1889. 2.
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