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οὐ τοίνυν οὐδὲ
τοῦτο ἔστιν εἰπεῖν ὡς οὐκ ἂν καὶ πρὸς ἔχθραν ὑπ᾽ ἐνίων τοῦτο
γένοιτο, ἐὰν ἄρα τύχῃ τις τῶν στρατηγούντων μισῶν τινα τῶν πρὸ
αὐτοῦ. τὸ γοῦν τοῦ Θεαγένους ἀκηκόατε ὡς συνέβη διὰ τὸν φθόνον
καὶ τὴν ζηλοτυπίαν τὴν ἐκ τῆς πολιτείας. καὶ γὰρ εὶ νῦν ἐπὶ μόνοις
τοῖς παλαιοῖς αὐτό φασι ποιεῖν, χρόνου γε προϊόντος, ὥσπερ
ἐπὶ πάντων ἀεὶ συμβαίνει τῶν φαύλων ἐθῶν, ἀνάγκη καὶ τοῦτ᾽
ἐπὶ πλέον προελθεῖν. οὐδὲ γὰρ οὐδ᾽ αἰτιάσασθαι οἷόν τε, ἐπ̓αὐτῷ γε ὅλου τοῦ πράγματος ὄντος. νὴ Δί᾽ , ἀλλὰ κωλύσουσιν οἱ
προσήκοντες. ἐὰν οὖν ἀπόντες ἢ ἀγνοήσαντες τύχωσιν, ὅταν γνῶσι,
τί ποιήσομεν; ἆρά γε δεήσει τοῦτον ἐκχαράττειν πάλιν, ὃν ἂν φθάνῃ τις ἐπιγράψας;
Dionis Prusaensis quem vocant Chrysostomum quae exstant omnia, Vols I and II. Dio Chrysostom. J. de Arnim. Weidmann. Berlin. 1893. Keyboarding.
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