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αἱ ὄρνιθες καὶ
καταφερόμεναι κύκλῳ τὸ χάσμα περιῄεσαν ( ἄντικρυς δὲ περᾶν οὐκ
ἐτόλμων), εἴσω μὲν [p. 461] ὀφθῆναι τοῖς βακχικοῖς
ἄντροις ὁμοίως ὕλῃ καὶ χλωρότητι καὶ χλόαις ἀνθέων ἁπάσαις
διαπεποικιλμένον: ἐξέπνει δὲ μαλακὴν καὶ πραεῖαν αὔραν ὀσμὰς ἀναφέρουσαν
ἡδονῆς τε 1 θαυμασίας καὶ κρᾶσιν, οἵαν ὁ
οἶνος τοῖς μεθυσκομένοις, ἐμποιοῦσαν εὐωχούμεναι γὰρ αἱ ψυχαὶ ταῖς
εὐωδίαις διεχέοντο τε 2 καὶ πρὸς ἀλλήλας ἐφιλοφρονοῦντο: καὶ τὸν τόπον ἐν
κύκλῳ κατεῖχε βακχεία καὶ γέλως καὶ πᾶσα μοῦσα παιζόντων
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