Tiresias: The Ancient Mediterranean Religions Source Database

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Plutarch, Whether Land Or Sea Animals Are More Clever, 984c

nan Like a dolphin of the sea Who on the waveless deep of ocean Is moved by the lovely sound of flutes. Yet it is even more likely that its affection for men renders it dear to the gods; for it is the only creature who loves man for his own sake. Of the land animals, some avoid man altogether, others, the tamest kind, pay court for utilitarian reasons only to those who feed them, as do dogs and horses and elephants to their familiars. Martins take to houses to get what they need, darkness and a minimum of security, but avoid and fear man as a dangerous wild beast. To the dolphin alone, beyond all others, nature has granted what the best philosophers seek: friendship for no advantage.

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cosmos/cosmic	Hirsch-Luipold (2022) 152
creation	Hirsch-Luipold (2022) 152
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ψυχή	Hirsch-Luipold (2022) 152
ἀγάπη'	Hirsch-Luipold (2022) 152