συμφέρετε πτερά, 1 οἰωνοί, κηρόν τε, μέλισσαιὅτε τῷ θεῷ 2 ἐπιδεᾶ γενομένην ἀποβαλεῖν τὸ σεμνόν.’ ὁ Σαραπίων ‘ἐπιεικέστερα ταῦτ᾽’ εἶπεν ‘ὦ Βόηθε, καὶ μουσικώτερα δεῖ γὰρ μὴ μάχεσθαι πρὸς τὸν θεὸν 3 μηδ᾽ ἀναιρεῖν μετὰ τῆς μαντικῆς ἅμα τὴν πρόνοιαν καὶ τὸ θεῖον, ἀλλὰ τῶν ὑπεναντιοῦσθαι δοκούντων λύσεις ἐπιζητεῖν τὴν δ᾽ εὐσεβῆ καὶ πάτριον μὴ προΐεσθαι πίστιν.’ ‘ ὀρθῶς’ ἔφην ἐγὼ λέγεις, ‘ἄριστε Σαραπίων οὐδὲ γὰρ φιλοσοφίαν ἀπεγιγνώσκομεν ὡς ἀνῃρημένην παντάπασι, καὶ διεφθορυῖαν, ὅτι πρότερον μὲν ἐν ποιήμασιν ἐξέφερον ’
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