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ἐστιν εἰς τὸ ἄντρον, οὐκ ἀκουσίως μὲν γενομένη
τοῖς θεοῖς καὶ τῇ τούτων Μητρί, λεγομένη
δὲ ἀκουσίως γενέσθαι. φύσει γὰρ ἐν κρείττονι
τοὺς θεοὺς ὄντας οὐκ ἐκεῖθεν ἐπὶ τάδε καθέλκειν
ἐθέλει τὰ βελτίω, ἀλλὰ διὰ τῆς τῶν κρειττόνων
συγκαταβάσεως καὶ ταῦτα ἀνάγειν ἐπὶ τὴν ἀμείνονα
καὶ θεοφιλεστέραν λῆξιν. οὕτω τοι καὶ
τὸν Ἄττιν οὐ κατεχθραίνουσα μετὰ τὴν ἐκτομὴν
ἡ Μήτηρ λέγεται, ἀλλὰ ἀγανακτεῖ μὲν οὐκέτι,
ἀγανακτοῦσα δὲ λέγεται διὰ τὴν συγκατάβασιν,
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