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‘ τίνα χρὴ τὸν
ξένον καὶ πῶς καὶ πόθεν προσαγορεύειν; ἀρχὴ γάρ τις ἐντυχίας καὶ
γνώσεως αὕτη συνήθης.’ καὶ ὁ Ἐπαμεινώνδας ‘Θεάνωρ’ εἶπεν
‘ὦ Σιμμία, ὄνομα μὲν τἀνδρί, 1
γένος δὲ Κροτωνιάτης τῶν ἐκεῖ φιλοσόφων οὐ καταισχύνων τὸ μέγα
Πυθαγόρου κλέος: ἀλλὰ καὶ νῦν ἥκει δεῦρο μακρὰν ὁδὸν ἐξ Ἰταλίας
ἔργοις καλοῖς καλὰ δόγματα βεβαιῶν.’ ὑπολαβὼν δ᾽ ὁ ξένος
‘οὐκοῦν’ ἔφη ‘σὺ κωλύεις, ὦ
Ἐπαμεινώνδα, τῶν ἔργων τὸ κάλλιστον. εἰ γὰρ ’
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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