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s<strong>in</strong>ce he had plenty <strong>of</strong> money already. He also did some large pictures, among which are<br />

a Calypso, an Io, <strong>and</strong> an Andromeda; also the very excellent Alex<strong>and</strong>er <strong>in</strong> the porticoes <strong>of</strong><br />

Pompey <strong>and</strong> a Seated Calypso are ascribed to him. Of four-footed animals he rendered<br />

dogs the best.<br />

Plutarch, Moralia 280C A.D. I-II<br />

See Plutach, Quaestiones Romanae 280C [160].<br />

Plutarch, Moralia 290D A.D. I-II<br />

See Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae 290D [161].<br />

160<br />

Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae 280C A.D. I-II<br />

(=Moralia 280C)<br />

Text: J.B. Titchener, ed., Plutarchi moralia II.I (Leipzig, 1935; repr. 1971).<br />

Translation: F. C. Babbitt, ed., tr., Plutarch. Moralia IV (Cambridge, Mass. <strong>and</strong> London,<br />

1936; repr. 1993).<br />

tw|~ de\ kuni\ pa&ntej w(j e1poj ei0pei=n 3Ellhnej e0xrw~nto kai\ xrw~ntai/ ge me/xri nu~n<br />

e1nioi sfagi/w| pro_j tou_j kaqarmou&j: kai\ th|~ 9Eka&th| skula&kia meta_ tw~n<br />

a1llwn kaqarsi/wn e0kfe/rousi kai\ perima&ttousi skulaki/oij tou_j a(gnismou~<br />

deome/nouj, periskulakismo_n to_ toiou~to ge/noj tou~ kaqarmou~ kalou~ntej:<br />

Nearly all the Greeks used a dog as the sacrificial victim for ceremonies <strong>of</strong> purification;<br />

<strong>and</strong> some, at least, make use <strong>of</strong> it even to this day. <strong>The</strong>y br<strong>in</strong>g forth for Hecate puppies<br />

along with the other materials for the purification, <strong>and</strong> rub round about with puppies such<br />

persons as are <strong>in</strong> need <strong>of</strong> cleans<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> this k<strong>in</strong>d <strong>of</strong> purification they call periskylakismos<br />

(“purification”).<br />

161<br />

Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae 290D A.D. I-II<br />

(=Moralia 290D)<br />

Text: J.B. Titchener, ed., Plutarchi moralia II.I (Leipzig, 1935; repr. 1971).<br />

Translation: F. C. Babbitt, ed., tr., Plutarch. Moralia IV (Cambridge, Mass. <strong>and</strong> London,<br />

1936; repr. 1993).<br />

ou) mh_n ou)de\ kaqareu&e<strong>in</strong> w| 1onto panta&pas<strong>in</strong> oi9 palaioi\ to_ zw|~on: o)lumpi/wn me\n<br />

ga_r ou)deni\ qew~n kaqie/rwtai, xqoni/a| de\ dei=pnon 9Eka&th| pempo&menoj ei0j trio&douj<br />

a)potropai/wn kai\ kaqarsi/wn e0pe/xei moi=ran. e0n de\ Lakedai/moni tw|~ fonikwta&tw|<br />

qew~n 0Enuali/w| sku&lakaj e0nte/mnousi: Boiwtoi=j de\ dhmosi/a| kaqarmo&j e0sti kuno_j<br />

dixotomhqe/ntoj tw~n merw~n diecelqei=n:<br />

Nor, <strong>in</strong> fact, did the men <strong>of</strong> old th<strong>in</strong>k that this animal was holly pure, for it was never<br />

sacrificed to any <strong>of</strong> the Olympian gods; <strong>and</strong> when it is sent to the cross-roads as a supper<br />

406

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