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Ξέρξου δὲ γράψαντος αὐτῷ ‘ἔξεστί σοι μὴ θεομαχοῦντι, μετ᾽’ ἐμοῦ δὲ τασσομένῳ τῆς Ἑλλάδος μοναρχεῖν: ἀντέγραψεν ‘εἰ τὰ καλὰ τοῦ βίου γινώσκοις, ἀπέστης ἂν τῆς τῶν ἀλλοτρίων ἐπιθυμίας: ἐμοὶ δὲ κρείσσων ὁ ὑπὲρ τῆς Ἑλλάδος θάνατος τοῦ μοναρχεῖν τῶν ὁμοφύλων.’
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1889. 2.
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