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τὸ στρατόπεδον, κελεύσαντος ἐπεξιέναι καὶ διαμάχεσθαι τοῦ βασιλέως, οὐκ ἔφη διακωλύσειν τοὺς πολεμίους ἴσους αὐτοῖς γενέσθαι βουλομένους. ἔτι δὲ μικρὸν ἀπολιπούσης τῆς τάφρου συνάψαι, κατὰ τοῦτο παρατάξας1 τὸ διαλεῖπον καὶ πρὸς ἴσους ἴσοις2 ἀγωνισάμενος ἐνίκησεν.3

ἀποθνῄσκων δὲ τοὺς φίλους ἐκέλευσε μηδεμίαν πλαστὰν4 μηδὲ μιμηλὰν ποιήσασθαι, τὰς εἰκόνας οὕτω προσαγορεύων: ‘εἰ γάρ τι καλὸν ἔργον πεποίηκα, τοῦτό μου μνημεῖον ἐστιν5: εἰ δὲ μηδέν, οὐδ᾽ οἱ πάντες ἀνδριάντες.’

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1 παρατάξας] παρέταξε Hartman.

2 ἴσοις E. Kurtz (from Moralia, 215 a): ἴσοι.

3 ἀγωνισάμενος ἐνίκησεν Hatzidakis and F.C.B. (from Moralia, 215 a): ἀγωνισάμενοι ἐνίκησαν.

4 πλαστὰν the reading elsewhere (cf. note b): πλαθὰν.

5 ἔστιν] ἔσται Hatzidakis from Moralia, 215 a, perhaps rightly.

Plutarch. Moralia. with an English Translation by. Frank Cole Babbitt. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1931. 3.

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