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Book I Chapter 49 · I.49.47.5–I.49.47.6
Ancient Greek
p. 135047.5
Οἷς μὲν οὖν ἐν τῷ ζῆν δαίμων ἀγαθὸς ἐπέπνευσεν, εἰς τὸν τῶν εὐσεβῶν χῶρον λογίζονται, ἔνθα ἄφθονοι μὲν ὧραι παγκάρπου γονῆς βρύουσι, πηγαὶ δὲ ὑδάτων καθαρῶν, παντοῖοι δὲ λειμῶνες εὐάνθεσι ποικίλοις ἐαριζόμενοι, διατριβαὶ δὲ ποιητῶν καὶ θέατρα φιλοσόφων καὶ ἐγκύκλιοι χοροὶ καὶ μουσικὰ ἀκούσματα, συμπόσιά τε εὐμελῆ καὶ εἰλαπίναι αὐτοχορήγητοι καὶ ἀκήρατος ἀλυπία καὶ ἡδεῖα δίαιτα.
47.6
Οὔτε γὰρ χεῖμα σφοδρὸν οὔτε θάλπος ἐγγίγνεται, ἀλλ᾽ εὔκρατος ἀὴρ χεῖται ἁπαλαῖσιν ἀκτῖσιν ἡλίου ἀνακιρνάμενος· καὶ ἐνταῦθα τοῖς μεμυημένοις ἐστί τις προεδρία· καὶ τὰς ὁσίους ἁγιστείας κἀκεῖ συντελοῦσιν.
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 49
p. 135147.5 · The region of the pious
Those upon whom a good daimon breathed during life are reckoned among the inhabitants of the region of the pious. There the seasons abound in crops of every kind; there are springs of pure water, meadows of every sort in spring bloom with varied lovely flowers, gatherings of poets and theaters of philosophers, circular dances and musical performances, melodious drinking parties and feasts that provide themselves, unspoiled freedom from pain and a pleasant way of life.1628
47.6 · Temperate air and the initiates’ privilege
For neither severe winter nor burning heat occurs there; temperate air flows around, mingled with the gentle rays of the Sun. In this place the initiated have a certain precedence, and there too they perform their holy rites.1629
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