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Κινέας ὁ Πύρρου ἰατρός φασι πρὸς τὴν βουλὴν τῶν Ῥωμαίων ἔγραψε δι᾽ ἀπορρήτων, καὶ ᾔτει χρήματα, [p. 132] καὶ ὑπισχνεῖτο ἀποκτενεῖν φαρμάκοις τὸν Πύρρον. οἳ δὲ οὐ προσήκαντο τὴν ὑπόσχεσιν: δι᾽ ἀρετῆς γὰρ ἴσασι Ῥωμαῖοι ἀγαθοὶ εἶναι, οὐ μὴν διὰ τέχνης καὶ πανουργίας καὶ ἐπιβουλῆς καταγωνίσασθαι τοὺς ἐχθρούς. ἀλλὰ καὶ αὐτῷ τῷ Πύρρῳ τὴν γνώμην τοῦ Κινέου ἐξέφαναν.
Claudii Aeliani de natura animalium libri xvii, varia historia, epistolae, fragmenta, Vol 2. Aelian. Rudolf Hercher. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1866. Keyboarding.
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