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νέμομεν, μήτε τῆς γενέσεως αὐτῶν ἐπιμελούμεθα,
μήτε ἡμῖν εἰσιν ἀγέλαι καθάπερ προβάτων καὶ
βοῶν οὕτω δὲ καὶ τῶν ἰχθύων. ταῦτα μὲν γὰρ
ὑφ̓ ἡμῶν βοηθούμενα τὰ ζῷα καὶ πληθύνοντα διὰ
τοῦτο δικαίως ἂν ἡμῖν εἴς τε τὰς ἄλλας χρείας
ἐπικουροίη καὶ πρό γε τῶν ἄλλων ἐς τιμητηρίους
θυσίας. εἷς μὲν δὴ λόγος οὗτος, δἰ ὃν οὐκ οἶμαι
δεῖν ἰχθὺν ἐν ἁγνείας καιρῷ προσφέρεσθαι τροφήν.
ἕτερος δέ, ὃν καὶ μᾶλλον ἡγοῦμαι τοῖς προειρημένοις
ἁρμόζειν, ὅτι τρόπον τινὰ καὶ αὐτοὶ κατὰ
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