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ἀπόρρητα μυστήρια. καὶ τοῦτο εἰκότως γίνεται.
χρὴ γὰρ καὶ ἀπιόντι τῷ θεῷ τελεσθῆναι πάλιν,
ἵνα μηδὲν ὑπὸ τῆς ἀθέου καὶ σκοτεινῆς δυσχερὲς
πάθωμεν ἐπικρατούσης δυνάμεως. δὶς γοῦν Ἀθηναῖοι
τῇ Δηοῖ τελοῦσι τὰ μυστήρια, ἐν αὐτῷ μὲν
τῷ κριῷ τὰ μικρὰ, φασί, μυστήρια, τὰ μεγάλα
δὲ περὶ τὰς χηλὰς ὄντος ἡλίου, δἰ ἃς ἔναγχος
ἔφην αἰτίας. μεγάλα δὲ ὠνομάσθαι καὶ μικρὰ
νομίζω καὶ ἄλλων ἕνεκα, μάλιστα δέ, ὡς εἰκός,
τούτου ἀποχωροῦντος τοῦ θεοῦ μᾶλλον ἤπερ
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