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εἶτα μεταστραφεὶς ἔνια τῶν οὐκ εὐπρεπῶς ἐν ὄχλῳ γυμνοῦσθαι δοκούντων τοῦ σώματος ἀνεκάλυψε, καὶ πρὸς τὸν Γάλβαν ἐπιστρέψας, ‘σὺ
μὲν,’ ἔφη, ‘γελᾷς
ἐπὶ τούτοις,
ἐγὼ δὲ σεμνύνομαι πρὸς τοὺς πολίτας: ὑπὲρ τούτων γὰρ ἡμέραν καὶ νύκτα συνεχῶς ἱππασάμενος ταῦτ᾽ ἔσχον. ἀλλ᾽ :
ἄγε λαβὼν αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ τὴν ψῆφον ἐγὼ δὲ καταβὰς παρακολουθήσω πᾶσι, καὶ γνώσομαι τοὺς κακοὺς καὶ ἀχαρίστους καὶ
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δημαγωγεῖσθαι μᾶλλον ἐν τοῖς πολέμοις ἢ στρατηγεῖσθαι βουλομένους.’
Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. 6.
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