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ἐγὼ μὲν οὖν
καὶ τὸ ἐνδοιάσαι ὑμᾶς ὅλως περὶ τούτου καὶ ἡμῖν
προθεῖναι τὴν διάσκεψιν, εἰ χρὴ δέχεσθαι τὸ ἀνάθημα ἢ ὀπίσω αὖθις ἀποπέμπειν, ἀνόσιον ἤδη
εἶναι νομίζω, μᾶλλον δὲ οὐδ᾽ ὑπερβολὴν ἀσεβείας ἀπολελοιπέναι: οὐδὲν γὰρ ἀλλ᾽ ἢ ἱεροσυλία
τὸ πρᾶγμά ἐστι μακρῷ τῶν ἄλλων χαλεπωτέρα, ὅσῳ τοῦ τὰ ἤδη ἀνατεθέντα συλᾶν τὸ μηδὲ τὴν ἀρχὴν τοῖς ἀνατιθέναι βουλομένοις ἐπιτρέπειν ἀσεβέστερον.
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