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10.
πρώτην δ᾽ αὐτῷ πάροδον
εἰς τὸ δημόσιον γενέσθαι λέγουσι μετὰ χρημάτων
ἐπιδόσεως, οὐκ ἐκ παρασκευῆς, ἀλλὰ παριόντα θορυβούντων
Ἀθηναίων ἐρέσθαι τὴν αἰτίαν τοῦ θορύβου, πυθόμενον
δὲ χρημάτων ἐπίδοσιν γίνεσθαι παρελθεῖν καὶ ἐπιδοῦναι:
τοῦ δὲ δήμου κροτοῦντος καὶ βοῶντος ὑφ᾽ ἡδονῆς,
ἐπιλαθέσθαι τοῦ ὄρτυγος ὃν ἐτύγχανεν ἔχων ἐν τῷ
ἱματίῳ: πτοηθέντος οὖν καὶ διαφυγόντος ἔτι μᾶλλον
ἐκβοῆσαι τοὺς Ἀθηναίους, πολλοὺς δὲ συνθηρᾶν
ἀναστάντας, λαβεῖν δ᾽ αὐτὸν Ἀντίοχον τὸν κυβερνήτην
καὶ ἀποδοῦναι: διὸ προσφιλέστατον τῷ Ἀλκιβιάδῃ
γενέσθαι.
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μεγάλας δ᾽ αὐτῷ κλεισιάδας ἐπὶ τὴν πολιτείαν ἀνοίγοντος
τοῦ τε γένους καὶ τοῦ πλούτου τῆς τε περὶ τὰς μάχας
ἀνδραγαθίας, φίλων τε πολλῶν καὶ οἰκείων ὑπαρχόντων,
ἀπ᾽ οὐδενὸς ἠξίου μᾶλλον ἢ τῆς τοῦ λόγου χάριτος
ἰσχύειν ἐν τοῖς πολλοῖς. καὶ ὅτι μὲν δυνατὸς ἦν
εἰπεῖν, οἵ τε κωμικοὶ μαρτυροῦσι καὶ τῶν ῥητόρων ὁ
δυνατώτατος ἐν τῷ κατὰ Μειδίου, λέγων τὸν Ἀλκιβιάδην
καὶ δεινότατον εἰπεῖν γενέσθαι πρὸς τοῖς ἄλλοις. εἰ
δὲ Θεοφράστῳ πιστεύομεν,
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ἀνδρὶ φιληκόῳ καὶ ἱστορικῷ παρ᾽ ὁντινοῦν τῶν
φιλοσόφων, εὑρεῖν μὲν ἦν τὰ δέοντα καὶ νοῆσαι πάντων
ἱκανώτατος ὁ Ἀλκιβιάδης, ζητῶν δὲ μὴ μόνον ἃ δεῖ
λέγειν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὡς δεῖ τοῖς ὀνόμασι καὶ τοῖς
ῥήμασιν, οὐκ εὐπορῶν δέ, πολλάκις ἐσφάλλετο καὶ
μεταξὺ λέγων ἀπεσιώπα καὶ διέλειπε, λέξεως διαφυγούσης
αὐτόν, ἀναλαμβάνων καὶ διασκοπούμενος.
Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1916. 4.
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