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‘ σοι οὕτως ὦ βασιλεῦ κακῶς, ἵν᾽ ἐμοῦ ταῦτα σὺ 1 βέλτιον εἰδῇς. ’ Ἐπίχαρμος δ᾽ οὐκ ὀρθῶς, τοῦ [p. 164] Ἱέρωνος ἀνελόντος ἐνίους τῶν συνήθων καὶ μεθ᾽ ἡμέρας ὀλίγας καλέσαντος ἐπὶ δεῖπνον αὐτόν, ‘ἀλλὰ πρῴην’ ἔφη ‘ θύων τοὺς φίλους οὐκ ἐκάλεσας’ κακῶς δὲ καὶ Ἀντιφῶν, παρὰ Διονυσίῳ ζητήσεως οὔσης καὶ λόγου ‘ ποῖος χαλκὸς ἄριστος, ‘’ ἐκεῖνος’ εἶπεν, ‘ἐξ οὗ Ἀθήνησι κατεσκεύασαν τὰς Ἁρμοδίου καὶ Ἀριστογείτονος εἰκόνας.’ οὔτε γὰρ ὠφελεῖ τούτων τὸ λυπηρὸν καὶ πικρόν, οὔτε τέρπει τὸ βωμολόχον καὶ παιδιῶδες, ἀλλ᾽ ἔστι κακοηθείᾳ καὶ ὕβρει
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1888. 1.
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