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αἱ γυναῖκες ἐν τῇ νήσῳ τίκτουσιν οὔθ᾽ οἱ τελευτήσαντες θάπτονται, ‘πῶς ἂν 1 οὖν’ ἔφη ‘αὕτη πατρὶς ὑμῶν εἴη, ἐν ᾗ οὔτε γέγονέ τις ὑμῶν οὔτ᾽ ἔσται;᾽’ 2
τῶν δὲ φυγάδων αὐτὸν προτρεπομένων ἐπὶ τοὺς Ἀθηναίους ἄγειν τὴν στρατιὰν λεγόντων τε ὅτι τοῖς Ὀλυμπίοις ἀνακηρυττομένου αὐτοῦ, [p. 163] ἐσύριττον αὐτὸν μόνοι, ‘τί οὖν οἴεσθε’ ἔφη ‘τοὺς ὅτε εὖ ἔπασχον συρίττοντας παθόντας; κακῶς ποιήσειν;’
πυνθανομένου δέ τινος διὰ τί Τυρταῖον τὸν ποιητὴν ἐποιήσαντο πολίτην, ‘ὅπως’ ἔφη ‘μηδέποτε ξένος φαίνηται ἡμῶν ἡγεμών.’
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1889. 2.
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