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γὰρ ἤσθιες, εἰπέ, καὶ ἔπινες οὐχ ὥσπερ ἡμεῖς ἀμβροσίας
τε καὶ νέκταρος, ἄρτου δὲ καὶ οἴνου; Ἀλλ̓
ἔγωγε, εἶπεν, οὐχ ᾗπερ οὖν ᾤμην τοὺς θεοὺς μιμεῖσθαι,
ταύτῃ προσεφερόμην σιτία καὶ ποτά: τὸ
σῶμα δὲ ἔτρεφον, ἴσως μὲν ψευδῶς, πειθόμενος
δέ, ὅτι καὶ τὰ ὑμέτερα σώματα δεῖται τῆς
ἐκ τῶν ἀναθυμιάσεων τροφῆς. πλὴν οὐ κατὰ
ταῦτά γε ὑμᾶς εἶναι μιμητέους, ἀλλὰ κατὰ τὴν
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