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ταῦτα περὶ τῶν χρησμῶν οἱ πλεῖστοι γράφουσιν
αὐτὸς δὲ Ἀλέξανδρος ἐν ἐπιστολῇ πρὸς τὴν μητέρα φησὶ γεγονέναι τινὰς
αὐτῷ μαντείας ἀπορρήτους, ἃς αὐτὸς ἐπανελθὼν φράσει πρὸς μόνην
ἐκείνην. ἔνιοι δέ φασι τόν μὲν προφήτην Ἑλληνιστὶ βουλόμενον προσειπεῖν
μετά τινος φιλοφροσύνης ‘ὦ παιδίον,’ ἐν τῷ
τελευταίῳ τῶν φθόγγων ὑπὸ βαρβαρισμοῦ πρὸς τὸ σίγμα ἐξενεχθῆναι καὶ
εἰπεῖν, ‘ὧ παιδίος,’ ἀντὶ τοῦ νῦ τῷ σίγμα
χρησάμενον, ἀσμένῳ δὲ τῷ Ἀλεξάνδρῳ τὸ σφάλμα τῆς φωνῆς γενέσθαι καὶ
διαδοθῆναι λόγον ὡς παῖδα Διὸς αὐτὸν τοῦ θεοῦ προσειπόντος.
Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1919. 7.
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