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ὡς ἰατρὸς ὢν τῶν τοιούτων, ‘Ἀπολούων’ ἂν ὀρθῶς καλοῖτο: κατὰ δὲ τὴν μαντικὴν καὶ τὸ ἀληθές τε καὶ τὸ ἁπλοῦν— ταὐτὸν γάρ ἐστιν—ὥσπερ οὖν οἱ Θετταλοὶ καλοῦσιν αὐτόν, ὀρθότατ᾽ ἂν καλοῖτο: ‘Ἄπλουν’ γάρ φασι πάντες Θετταλοὶ τοῦτον τὸν θεόν. διὰ δὲ τὸ ἀεὶ βολῶν ἐγκρατὴς εἶναι τοξικῇ ‘Ἀειβάλλων’ ἐστίν. κατὰ δὲ τὴν μουσικὴν δεῖ ὑπολαβεῖν ὥσπερ τὸν ἀκόλουθόν τε καὶ τὴν ἄκοιτιν ὅτι τὸ ἄλφα σημαίνει πολλαχοῦ τὸ ὁμοῦ, καὶ ἐνταῦθα τὴν ὁμοῦ πόλησιν καὶ περὶ τὸν οὐρανόν, οὓς δὴ ‘πόλους’ καλοῦσιν, καὶ τὴν περὶ
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Plato. Platonis Opera, ed. John Burnet. Oxford University Press. 1903.
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