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τοὺς μὲν συνάρχοντας ἐκέλευεν εἰς ἑαυτὸν ἀναφέρειν τὴν αἰτίαν ὡς ἐκβιασθέντας, αὐτὸς δὲ οὐκ ἔφη βελτίονας ἔχειν τῶν ἔργων λόγους εἰ δὲ δεῖ τι πάντως εἰπεῖν πρὸς τοὺς δικαστάς, ἀξιοῦν, ἂν ἀποκτείνωσιν αὐτὸν , ἐπιγράψαι τῇ στήλῃ τὴν καταδίκην, ὅπως οἱ Ἕλληνες εἰδῶσιν ὅτι μὴ βουλομένους Θηβαίους Ἐπαμεινώνδας ἠνάγκασε τὴν Λακωνικὴν πυρπολῆσαι , πεντακοσίοις ἐνιαυτοῖς ἀδῄωτον οὖσαν οἰκίσαι δὲ Μεσσήνην δι᾽ ἐτῶν τριάκοντα καὶ διακοσίων: συντάξαι δὲ καὶ συναγαγεῖν εἰς ταὐτὸν Ἀρκάδας: ἀποδοῦναι δὲ τοῖς Ἕλλησι τὴν αὐτονομίαν. ταῦτα γὰρ ἐπράχθη κατ᾽ ἐκείνην τὴν στρατείαν.
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1889. 2.
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