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τοῦ πρώτου ὀνομάσαντος, ὅτι αὐτὸν βαδίζοντα ἐπέσχεν ἡ τῆς θαλάττης φύσις καὶ οὐκέτι εἴασεν προελθεῖν, ἀλλ᾽ ὥσπερ δεσμὸς τῶν ποδῶν αὐτῷ ἐγένετο. τὸν οὖν ἄρχοντα τῆς δυνάμεως ταύτης θεὸν ὠνόμασεν ‘Ποσειδῶνα,’ ὡς ‘ποσίδεσμον’ ὄντα: τὸ δὲ Ε ἔγκειται ἴσως εὐπρεπείας ἕνεκα. τάχα δὲ οὐκ ἂν τοῦτο λέγοι, ἀλλ᾽ ἀντὶ τοῦ σῖγμα
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Plato. Platonis Opera, ed. John Burnet. Oxford University Press. 1903.
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