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μέμνηται δὲ οὐδεὶς πώποτε ψῆφον ὑπὲρ ἀναθήματος
παρ᾽ ἡμῖν ἀναδοθεῖσαν οὐδὲ κωλυθέντα τινὰ θύειν ἢ ἀνατιθέναι. καὶ διὰ τοῦτ᾽, οἶμαι, καὶ
αὐτὸ εἰς ὑπερβολὴν ηὔξηται τὸ ἱερὸν καὶ ὑπερπλουτεῖ ἐν τοῖς ἀναθήμασιν. δεῖ τοίνυν μηδ᾽ ἐν τῷ παρόντι καινοτομεῖν μηδὲν μηδὲ παρὰ τὰ πάτρια νόμον καθιστάναι, φυλοκρινεῖν τὰ ἀναθήματα καὶ
[p. 28] γενεαλογεῖν τὰ πεμπόμενα, ὅθεν καὶ ἀφ᾽ ὅτου καὶ ὁποῖα, δεξαμένους δὲ ἀπραγμόνως ἀνατιθέναι ὑπηρετοῦντας ἀμφοῖν, καὶ τῷ θεῷ καὶ τοῖς εὐσεβέσι.
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