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Ξυμμετοχὴ μὲν ῾σοφίασ᾽ τῇ τέχνῃ ἥδε, γένεσις
δὲ αὐτῆς τὸ φῦναι τὸν ἄνθρωπον παλαῖσαί τε ἱκανὸν
καὶ πυκτεῦσαι καὶ δραμεῖν ὀρθόν: καὶ γὰρ
οὐδ᾽ ἓν ἂν γένοιτό τι τῶν τοιούτων μὴ προυπάρχοντος
τοῦ, δι᾽ ὃ γίγνεται, καὶ ὥσπερ χαλκευτικῆς
γένεσις ὁ σίδηρος καὶ ὁ χαλκός, καὶ γεωργίας γῆ
καὶ τὰ ἐκ τῆς γῆς, καὶ ναυτιλίας τὸ εἶναι θάλατταν,
οὕτως ἡγώμεθα καὶ τὴν γυμναστικὴν ξυγγενεστάτην
τε εἶναι καὶ συμφυᾶ τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ. καὶ λόγος δὲ
ᾄδεταί τις, ὡς γυμναστικὴ μὲν οὔπω εἴη, Προμηθεὺς
δὲ εἴη καὶ γυμνάσαιτο μὲν ὁ Προμηθεὺς πρῶτος,
γυμνάσειε δὲ αὖ ἑτέρους Ἑρμῆς, ἀγασθείη τε
αὐτὸν τοῦ εὑρήματος, καὶ παλαίστρα γένοιτο Ἑρμοῦ
πρώτη, καὶ οἱ πλασθέντες δὲ ἐκ ῾πηλοῦ ὑπὂ Προμηθέως
ἄνθρωποι οἵδε ἄρα οὗτοι εἶεν οἱ ῾ἐν᾽ τῷ
πηλῷ γυμνασάμενοι ἐν ᾧ ἦσαν, ῾οὓσ᾽ πλάττεσθαι
ὑπὸ τοῦ Προμηθέως ᾤοντο, ἐπειδὴ τὰ σώματα αὐτοῖς
ἡ γυμναστικὴ ἐπιτήδειά τε καὶ ξυγκείμενα ἐποίει.
Flavii Philostrati Opera, Vol 2. Philostratus the Athenian. Carl Ludwig Kayser. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1871. Keyboarding.
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