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‘ τὸν δρόμον καὶ ἀφῆκε τὸ φρύαγμα καὶ τὸν θυμόν ’ ὁ δὲ Χίλων λακωνίσας τῇ φωνῇ ‘καὶ τύνη’ ἔφη , ‘ βραδὺς καὶ τρέχεις τὸν ἡμίονον.'’ ἐκ τούτου παρῆλθε μὲν ἡ Μέλισσα καὶ κατεκλίθη παρὰ τὸν Περίανδρον, ἡ δ᾽ Εὔμητις ἐκάθισε παρὰ τὸ δεῖπνον. καὶ ὁ Θαλῆς ἐμὲ προσαγορεύσας ἐπάνω τοῦ Βίαντος κατακείμενον ‘τί οὐκ ἔφρασας’ εἶπεν ‘ὦ Διόκλεις Βίαντι τὸν Ναυκρατίτην ξένον ἥκοντα μετὰ προβλημάτων βασιλικῶν αὖθις ἐπ᾽ αὐτόν, ὅπως νήφων καὶ προσέχων ἑαυτῷ τὸν λόγον δέχηται;᾽’ Καὶ ὁ Βίας ‘ ἀλλ᾽ οὗτος μέν’ ἔφη ‘πάλαι δεδίττεται ταῦτα παρακελευόμενος, ’
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1888. 1.
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