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τοιοῦτοι δ᾽ εἴπερ μοι ἐείκοσιν ἀντεβόλησαν. 1
καὶ Φωκίων τἄλλα πρᾶος ἦν: μετὰ δὲ τὴν καταδίκην ἄλλοις τε πολλοῖς διεδείκνυε τὴν μεγαλοφροσύνην, καὶ πρὸς ἕνα τῶν συναποθνῃσκόντων ὀδυρόμενον [p. 400] καὶ δυσανασχετοῦντα ‘τί λέγεις’ εἶπεν οὗτος; 2 οὐκ ἀγαπᾷς ἀποθνῄσκων μετὰ Φωκίωνος;᾽

ἔτι τοίνυν οὐχ ἧττον ἀλλὰ καὶ μᾶλλον ἀδικουμένῳ τῷ πολιτικῷ δέδοται τὸ λέγειν τι περὶ αὑτοῦ πρὸς τοὺς ἀγνωμονοῦντας: ὥσπερ ὁ Ἀχιλλεὺς ἄλλως μὲν ὑφίετο τῷ θείῳ τῆς δόξης καὶ μέτριος ἦν λέγων

αἴ κέ ποθι Ζεὺς 3
δῷσι πόλιν Τροίην εὐτείχεον ἐξαλαπάξαι
ὑβρισθεὶς; δὲ παρ᾽ ἀξίαν καὶ προπηλακισθεὶς ἐφίησι τὴν μεγαλαυχίαν τῇ ὀργῇ:

1 Hom. Π 847

2 ὧ οὗτος R. sed cf. p. 568 a. Θούδιππε W

3 Hom. A 128

Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.

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