For unto him will accrue mighty glory,1or the saying of Demosthenes,2 that now he is not only Demosthenes, but also one of the thesmothetae,3 or a choregus, or the wearer of a crown.4 We should, therefore, put off our requital to the right time ; for then either we shall attack him after his term of office is ended or in the delay our gain will be the cessation of anger.
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And it is also a service to the people sometimes to endure the evil speech and anger of a man
in office, repeating to oneself either the words of
Diomedes :
1 Homer, Il. iv. 415.
2 Demosthenes, xxi. (Against Meidias) 524. Meidias had insulted Demosthenes in public when Demosthenes was choregus, officially appointed to bear the expense of a chorus.
3 The thesmothetae were the six junior archons at Athens. Their chief duty was supervision of the courts of law.
4 The stephanephori were officials whose duties varied in different cities. At Athens they were concerned with public festivals.
Plutarch. Moralia. with an English Translation by. Harold North Fowler. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1936. 10.
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