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‘ τυράννους. ὥσπερ γὰρ ὑαίνης χολὴ καὶ
φώκης πυτία, θηρίων τἄλλα μιαρῶν, ἔχουσί
τι πρὸς τὰς νόσους χρήσιμον, οὕτως ἐνίοις δηγμοῦ δεομένοις καὶ
κολάσεως ἐμβαλὼν ὁ θεὸς πικρίαν τινὰ τυράννου δυσμείλικτον καὶ
τραχύτητα χαλεπὴν ἄρχοντος, οὐ πρότερον ἐξεῖλε τὸ λυποῦν καὶ ταράττον
ἢ τὸ νοσοῦν ἀπαλλάξαι καὶ καθῆραι. 1
τοιοῦτο καὶ Φάλαρις ἦν Ἀκραγαντίνοις: φάρμακον καὶ Ῥωμαίοις
Μάριος. Σικυωνίοις δὲ καὶ διαρρήδην ὁ θεὸς προεῖπε μαστιγονόμων
δεῖσθαι τὴν πόλιν , ὅτι Τελητίαν παῖδα στεφανούμενον ἐν Πυθίοις
ἀφαιρούμενοι Κλεωναίων,
’
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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