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οἱ δὲ τοῖσδε τοῖς φυσικοῖς καὶ τῶν ἀπ᾽
ἀστρολογίας μαθηματικῶν 1 ἔνια μιγνύντες Τυφῶνα [p. 514]
μὲν οἴονται τὸν
ἡλιακὸν κόσμον, Ὄσιριν δὲ τὸν σεληνιακὸν λέγεσθαι. τὴν μὲν γὰρ σελήνην
γόνιμον τὸ φῶς καὶ ὑγροποιὸν ἔχουσαν εὐμενῆ καὶ γοναῖς ζῴων καὶ φυτῶν
εἶναι βλαστήσεσι: τὸν δ᾽ ἥλιον ἀκράτῳ πυρὶ
καὶ σκληρῷ καταθάλπειν 2 τε καὶ καταυαίνειν τὰ φυόμενα καὶ τεθηλότα, καὶ τὸ
πολὺ μέρος τῆς γῆς παντάπασιν ὑπὸ φλογμοῦ ποιεῖν ἀοίκητον καὶ
κατακρατεῖν πολλαχοῦ καὶ τῆς σελήνης. διὸ τὸν Τυφῶνα Σὴθ ἀεὶ 3
Αἰγύπτιοι καλοῦσιν, ὅπερ ἐστὶ καταδυναστεῦον ἢ καταβιαζόμενον. καὶ τῷ μὲν ἡλίῳ τὸν Ἡρακλέα μυθολογοῦσιν ἐνιδρυμένον
συμπεριπολεῖν, τῇ δὲ σελήνῃ τὸν Ἑρμῆν. λόγου γὰρ ἔργοις ἔοικε καὶ
περισσῆς 4 σοφίας τὰ τῆς σελήνης, τὰ δ᾽ ἡλίου πληγαῖς ὑπὸ βίας καὶ ῥώμης
περαινομένοις. 5 οἱ δὲ Στωικοὶ τὸν μὲν ἥλιον
ἐκ θαλάττης ἀνάπτεσθαι καὶ τρέφεσθαί φασι, τῇ δὲ σελήνῃ τὰ κρηναῖα καὶ
λιμναῖα νάματα γλυκεῖαν ἀναπέμπειν καὶ μαλακὴν ἀναθυμίασιν.
1 μαθηματικῶν] μαθημάτων Marklandus
2 καὶ σκληρῷ καταθάλπειν Madvigius: κεκληρωκότα θάλπειν
5 περαινομένοις sc. ἔργοις Halmius: περαινομένης
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1889. 2.
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