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ἡμᾶς ‘ὦ
Ἡράκλεις’ εἶπεν ‘ἀγρίων καὶ βαρβάρων ἠθῶν εἶτ᾽ οὐχ ὑπέρευ
Θαλῆς ὁ παλαιὸς ἀπὸ ξένης ἐλθὼν διὰ χρόνου, τῶν φίλων ἐρωτώντων ὅ
τι καινότατον ἱστορήκοι, ‘τύραννον’ ἔφη ‘γέροντα.’ καὶ γὰρ ᾧ
μηδὲν ἰδίᾳ συμβέβηκεν ἀδικεῖσθαι, τὸ βάρος αὐτὸ καὶ τὴν σκληρότητα τῆς ὁμιλίας δυσχεραίνων ἐχθρός ἐστι τῶν
ἀνόμων καὶ ἀνυπευθύνων δυναστειῶν. ἀλλὰ ταῦτα μὲν ἴσως θεῷ μελήσει
τὸν δὲ ξένον ἴστε τὸν ἀφιγμένον, ὦ Καφισία, πρὸς ὑμᾶς ὅστις
ἐστίν;’
‘οὐκ οἶδ᾽’ ἔφην ἐγώ ‘τίνα λέγεις. ‘’ καὶ μήν’ ἔφη ‘Λεοντίδης φησὶν 1
ἄνθρωπον ὦφθαι παρὰ ’
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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