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ἀρχὴν ἀντίταξιν ἢ ἀρχήν.
τὸ γὰρ ἐνστῆναι πρὸς δύναμιν ἄρχοντος καὶ τὴν ἄγαν ἐξουσίαν ἀφελεῖν
ἐξουσία καὶ δύναμίς ἐστιν αὐτῆς. ἢ
ταῦτα μὲν ἄν τις εἴποι καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα χρώμενος εὑρεσιλογίᾳ: 1 τῆς δὲ
δημαρχίας τὴν γένεσιν ἐκ τοῦ δήμου λαμβανούσης τὸ δημοτικὸν ἰσχυρόν ἐστι,
καὶ μέγα τὸ μὴ μεῖζον φρονεῖν τῶν λοιπῶν ἀλλ᾽ ὁμοιοῦσθαι καὶ σχήματι
καὶ στολῇ καὶ διαίτῃ τοῖς ἐπιτυγχάνουσι
τῶν πολιτῶν. ὁ γὰρ ὄγκος ὑπάτῳ προσήκει καὶ στρατηγῷ, τὸν δὲ
δήμαρχον, ὡς Γάιος Κουρίων ἔλεγε, [p. 300] καταπατεῖσθαι δεῖ,
καὶ μὴ σεμνὸν εἶναι τῇ ὄψει μηδὲ
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1889. 2.
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