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τοῖς συνήθεσιν ἔξω τοῦ χοίρου. τοῦτον δὲ ὡς
χθόνιον πάντη μορφῇ τε καὶ τῷ βίῳ καὶ αὐτῷ τῷ
τῆς οὐσίας λόγῳ. περιττωματικός τε γὰρ καὶ
παχὺς τὴν σάρκα: τῆς ἱερᾶς ἀποκηρύττει τροφῆς.
φίλον γὰρ εἶναι πεπίστευται θῦμα τοῖς χθονίοις
θεοῖς οὐκ ἀπεικότως. ἀθέατον γάρ ἐστιν οὐρανοῦ
τουτὶ τὸ ζῷον, οὐ μόνον οὐ βουλόμενον, ἀλλ̓ οὐδὲ
πεφυκὸς ἀναβλέψαι ποτέ. τοιαύτας μὲν δὴ
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