ὦ πάλαι ποτὲ ἡδίων ᾁδειν Ἐλευσὶς ἐμοὶ τίς Ὀρφεὺς ἢ
Θάμυρις ἢ ποῖος Ἐλευσίνιος οἰκήτωρ Μουσαῖος ἀρκέσει
τοσούτῳ πράγματι; ποίαις κιθάραις ἢ λύραις τὸ κοινὸν
πτῶμα, τὸ κοινὸν τῆς γῆς, ἀνακλαύσεται; τίνα ταύτην
προὔβαλες ὦ Ζεῦ τὴν ὑπόθεσιν; ἐγὼ μὲν καὶ προσάγων
ἐμαυτὸν τῷ λόγῳ ναρκῶ καὶ ἀναστρέφω καὶ καθ᾽ ἓν
τοῦτο λέγειν ἀναγκάζομαι, ὅτι σιγᾶν οὐκ ἔχω. τίς γὰρ
Ἑλλήνων ἢ τίς βαρβάρων οὕτω σκαιὸς ἢ ἀνήκοος, ἢ τίς
οὕτω σφόδρα ἔξω τῆς γῆς ἢ θεῶν, ἢ συλλήβδην εἰπεῖν
καλῶν ἀναίσθητος, πλὴν τῶν κάκιστ᾽ ἀπολουμένων, οἳ
ταῦτ᾽ ἔδρασαν, ὅστις οὐ κοινόν τι τῆς γῆς τέμενος τὴν
Ἐλευσῖνα ἡγεῖτο, καὶ πάντων ὅσα θεῖα ἀνθρώποις, ταυτὸν φρικωδέστατόν τε καὶ φαιδρότατον; τίνι δ᾽ ἄλλῳ
χωρίων ἢ μύθων φῆμαι θαυμαστότερα ἐφύμνησαν, ἢ τὰ
δρώμενα μείζω ἔσχε τὴν ἔκπληξιν, ἢ μᾶλλον εἰς ἐφάμιλλον
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Aristides, Aelius. Aristides. ex recensione Guilielmi Dindorfii. Leipzig. Weidmann. 1829. 1-2.
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