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Λακεδαιμονίοις, μέγα βλάψαι δυνάμενοι τοὺς Ἕλληνας,
εἰ μὴ παρῆκαν εἰς Πλαταιὰς ἐκείνους ἐκστρατεῦσαι τοσούτοις ὁπλίταις;
ἀλλ᾽ Ἀθηναίους γε μεγάλους ἐνταῦθα τῷ λόγῳ πεποίηκε καὶ σωτῆρας ἀνηγόρευκε τῆς Ἑλλάδος: ὀρθῶς γε ποιῶν καὶ δικαίως, εἰ μὴ πολλὰ καὶ
βλάσφημα προσῆν τοῖς ἐπαίνοις. νῦν δὲ ‘προδοθῆναι μὲν ἂν λέγων ὑπὸ τῶν ἄλλων Ἑλλήνων Λακεδαιμονίους, μονωθέντας δ᾽ ἂν καὶ ἀποδεξαμένους ἔργα μεγάλα ἀποθανεῖν γενναίως, ἢ πρὸ τούτου ὁρῶντας καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους Ἕλληνας μηδίζοντας
ὁμολογίῃ ἂν χρήσασθαι πρὸς Ξέρξεα,’ δῆλός ἐστιν
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οὐ τοῦτο λέγων εἰς τὸν Ἀθηναίων ἔπαινον, ἀλλ᾽
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1893. 5.
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