[534]. Anthol. Palatina, IX, 577:

Οἶδ’ ὅτι θνατὸς ἐγὼ καὶ ἐφάμερος, ἀλλ’ ὅταν ἄστρων

μαστεύω πυκινὰς ἀμφιδρομους ἕλικας

οὐκετ’ ἐπιψαύω γαίης ποσὶν, ἀλλὰ παρ’ αὐτῷ

Ζανὶ θεοτρεφέος πίμπλαμαι ἀμβροσίης.

[535]. See Introd., p. 4.

[536]. See Lecture III, p. 108.

[537]. Μόνος πρὸς μόνῳ. The expression had been used by religion before being taken over by philosophy. Cf. Le culte égyptien et le mysticisme de Plotin, in Monuments Piot, XXV, 1922, p. 78 ss.


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