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χαίρουσι καὶ θεοὶ πατρίσι καὶ πάντα μέν, ὡς εἰκός, ἐφορῶσι τὰ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, αὑτῶν ἡγούμενοι κτήματα πᾶσαν γῆν καὶ θάλασσαν, ἐφ᾽ ἧς δὲ ἕκαστος αὐτῶν ἐγένετο,
προτιμᾷ τῶν ἄλλων ἁπασῶν πόλεων. καὶ πόλεις
σεμνότεραι θεῶν πατρίδες καὶ νῆσοι θειότεραι
παρ᾽ αἷς ὑμνεῖται γένεσις θεῶν. ἱερὰ γοῦν
κεχαρισμένα ταῦτα νομίζεται τοῖς θεοῖς, ἐπειδὰν εἰς τοὺς οἰκείους ἕκαστος ἀφικόμενος: ἱερουργῇ τόπους. εἰ δὲ θεοῖς τίμιον τὸ τῆς πατρίδος ὄνομα,, πῶς οὐκ ἀνθρώποις γε πολὺ μᾶλλον;
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