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Book I Chapter 49 · I.49.44.68–I.49.44.69
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Ὁ δὲ ἀὴρ “καὶ αὐτὸς θολοῦμαι, δέσποτα,” ἔλεγε “καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν νεκρῶν σωμάτων ἀναθυμιάσεως νοσώδης τέ εἰμι καὶ ὑγιεινὸς οὐκέτι, ἐφορῶ τε ἄνωθεν ὅσα μὴ θέμις ὁρᾶν”.
44.69
Ὕδωρ ἑξῆς, ὦ παῖ μεγαλόψυχε, τὴν τοῦ λέγειν εἶχεν ἐξουσίαν καὶ ἔλεγεν οὕτως· “Πάτερ καὶ θαυμαστὲ ποιητὰ πάντων, αὐτόγονε δαῖμον καὶ τῆς διὰ σὲ πάντα γεννώσης ποιητὰ φύσεως, ἤδη ποτέ, ὦ δαῖμον, ἀεὶ ῥεῖθρα ποταμῶν καθαρὰ πρόσταξον εἶναι· ἢ γὰρ ἀπολούουσι ποταμοὶ καὶ θάλασσαι τοὺς φονεύσαντας, ἢ δέχονται τοὺς φονευθέντας.”
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 49
p. 130544.68 · Air complains of pollution
Air said, “I too am fouled, master, and the exhalation from dead bodies makes me diseased and no longer healthful. From above I see things that it is not lawful to behold.”1579
44.69 · Water asks for clean rivers
Water next had leave to speak, my noble-hearted child, and said: “Father and wondrous maker of all things, self-born divine spirit and maker of Nature, who through you brings forth everything: at last, divine spirit, command the streams of rivers to remain forever clean. For rivers and seas either wash the murderers or receive the murdered.”1580
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