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καὶ ταῦτα μὲν ταύτῃ, ἄνδρες ἰχθύες: ὑμεῖς γὰρ πάντα συναθροίσαντες βορὰν ἡμᾶς τοῖς ἰχθύσι παραβεβλήκατε καὶ οὐκ ἐκείνους ἡμῖν, τοσαῦτα εἰπόντες ὅσα οὐδὲ Ἰχθύας ὁ Μεγαρικὸς φιλόσοφος οὐδ᾽ Ἰχθύων: ὄνομα δὲ καὶ τοῦτο κύριον, οὗ μνημονεύει Τηλεκλείδης ἐν Ἀμφικτύοσι ῾I 212 K'.' δι᾽ ὑμᾶς δὲ καὶ τῷ παιδὶ παρακελεύσομαι κατὰ τοὺς Φερεκράτους Μυρμηκανθρώπους ῾I 180 K':'
μηδέποτ᾽ ἰχθύν, ὦ Δευκαλίων, μηδ᾽ ἢν αἰτῶ παραθῇς μοι.
καὶ γὰρ ἐν Δήλῳ φησὶ Σῆμος ὁ Δήλιος ἐν β# Δηλιάδος ῾FHG IV 493' '‘ὅταν θύωσι τῇ Βριζοῖ—αὕτη δ᾽ ἐστὶν ἡ ἐνυπνιόμαντις: βρίζειν δ᾽ οἱ ἀρχαῖοι λέγουσι τὸ καθεύδειν ῾Od. 12.7':'
ἔνθα δ᾽ ἀποβρίξαντες ἐμείναμεν ἠῶ δῖαν—
ταύτῃ οὖν ὅταν θύωσιν αἱ Δηλιάδες, προσφέρουσιν αὐτῇ σκάφας πάντων πλήρεις ἀγαθῶν πλὴν ἰχθύων διὰ τὸ εὔχεσθαι ταύτῃ περί τε πάντων καὶ ὑπὲρ τῆς τῶν πλοίων σωτηρίας.'

Athenaeus. Deipnosophistae. Kaibel. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1887.

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