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τῇ χρήσει τὸ μέγ᾽ ἐστίν, ἐπεὶ καὶ νήπια βρέφη κληρονομεῖ βασιλείας πατρῴας καὶ ἀρχάς, ὡς Χάριλλος, ὃν Λυκοῦργος ἅμα τῷ σπαργάνῳ κομίσας εἰς τὸ φιδίτιον ἀνθ᾽ ἑαυτοῦ βασιλέα τῆς Σπάρτης ἀνηγόρευσε: καὶ οὐκ ἦν μέγας ὁ νήπιος, ἀλλ᾽ ὁ τῷ νηπίῳ τὸ πατρῷον ἀποδοὺς γέρας καὶ μὴ σφετερισάμενος μηδ᾽ ἀποστερήσας. Ἀριδαῖον δὲ τίς ἂν ἐποίησε μέγαν; ὃν οὐδὲν νηπίου διαφέροντα μόνον δὲ σπαργανωθέντα πορφύρᾳ Μελέαγρος εἰς τὸν Ἀλεξάνδρου θρόνον ἔθηκεν, εὖ γε ποιῶν, ἵν᾽ ὀφθῇ παρ᾽ ἡμέρας ὀλίγας πῶς ἀρετῇ βασιλεύουσιν ἄνθρωποι καὶ πῶς τύχῃ. ἀγωνιστῇ γὰρ ἡγεμονίας ὑποκριτὴν ἐπεισήγαγε,
Plutarch. Moralia. with an English Translation by. Frank Cole Babbitt. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1936. 4.
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