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‘πῶς
γὰρ οὐ δεινὸν,’ εἶπεν, ‘εἰ,
φήμης περὶ νίκης ἀβεβαίου
πρότερον εἰς τὴν πόλιν ἐμπεσούσης, ἐθύσατε τοῖς
θεοῖς εὐχόμενοι τοῦ λόγου τούτου ταχέως ἀπολαβεῖν
τὴν ὄψιν, ἥκοντος δὲ τοῦ στρατηγοῦ μετὰ
τῆς ἀληθινῆς νίκης ἀφαιρεῖσθε τῶν μὲν θεῶν τὴν τ
ιμήν, αὑτῶν δὲ τὴν χαράν, ὡς φοβούμενοι θεάσασθαι
τὸ μέγεθος τῶν κατορθωμάτων ἢ φειδόμενοι
τοῦ πολεμίου; καίτοι κρεῖττον ἦν τῷ πρὸς
ἐκεῖνον ἐλέῳ, μὴ τῷ πρὸς αὐτοκράτορα φθόνῳ
λυθῆναι τὸν θρίαμβον.
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Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. 6.
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