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τοσοῦτο τῶν πατέρων προβαίνουσι
φιλαργυρίας ἅμα καὶ μισοτεκνίας, ὥσθ᾽ ἵνα μὴ πλείονα μισθὸν τελέσειαν,
ἀνθρώπους τοὺς μηδενὸς τιμίους αἱροῦνται
τοῖς τέκνοις παιδευτάς, εὔωνον ἀμαθίαν διώκοντες. ᾗ καὶ Ἀρίστιππος
οὐκ ἀκόμψως ἀλλὰ καὶ πάνυ ἀστείως ἐπέσκωψε τῷ λόγῳ πατέρα νοῦ καὶ
φρενῶν κενόν. ἐρωτήσαντος γάρ τινος αὐτὸν πόσον αἰτοίη μισθὸν ὑπὲρ τῆς τοῦ τέκνου παιδεύσεως, ‘χιλίας’
ἔφησε ‘δραχμάς.’ τοῦ δ᾽ ‘Ἡράκλεις’ εἰπόντος, ‘ὡς ὑπέρπολυ τὸ
αἴτημα: δύναμαι γὰρ ἀνδράποδον χιλίων ’
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1888. 1.
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