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καὶ κατορθώμασι λαμπροῖς ὑπὸ θάρσους ἀμάχου καὶ φρονήματος
ὥσπερ ἄστρου φερομένου καὶ διᾴττοντος ἐπὶ
δυσμὰς ἐξ ἀνατολῶν καὶ βάλλοντος; ἤδη τὰς τῶν [p. 408] ὅπλων
αὐγὰς εἰς: τὴν Ἰταλίαν, ὡς πρόφασις 1 μὲν ἦν αὐτῷ τῆς στρατείας ὁ
Μολοττὸς Ἀλέξανδρος ὑπὸ Βρεττίων καὶ Λευκανῶν περὶ Πανδοσίαν
κατακεκομμένος: ὁ δ᾽ ἄγων αὐτὸν ὡς ἀληθῶς; ἐπὶ 2 πάντας ἀνθρώπους
δόξης; ἔρως καὶ ἡγεμονίας ζῆλον ἔσχε καὶ
ἅμιλλαν ὑπερβαλέσθαι τὰ Διονύσου καὶ Ἡρακλέους πέρατα τῆς στρατηλασίας.
τῆς δ᾽ Ἰταλίας ἐπυνθάνετο τὴν ἐν Ῥώμῃ δύναμιν καὶ ἀλκὴν ὥσπερ
στόμωμα
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1889. 2.
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