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Γέλων ὁ τῶν Συρακοσίων τύραννος τὴν τῆς ἀρχῆς κατάστασιν πραότατα εἶχε: στασιώδεις δέ τινες [p. 156] ἐπεβούλευον αὐτῷ. ἃ πυθόμενος ὁ Γέλων, ἐς ἐκκλησίαν συγκαλέσας τοὺς Συρακοσίους ἐσῆλθεν ὡπλισμένος, καὶ διεξελθὼν ὅσα ἀγαθὰ αὐτοῖς εἰργάσατο, καὶ τὴν ἐπιβουλὴν ἐξεκάλυψε καὶ ἀπεδύσατο τὴν πανοπλίαν, εἰπὼν πρὸς πάντας ῾ἰδοὺ τοίνυν ὑμῖν ἐν χιτωνίσκῳ γυμνὸς τῶν ὅπλων παρέστηκα, καὶ δίδωμι χρῆσθαι ὅ τι βούλεσθε.᾿ καὶ ἐθαύμασαν αὐτοῦ τὴν γνώμην οἱ Συρακόσιοι, οἳ δὲ καὶ τοὺς ἐπιβουλεύοντας παρέδοσαν αὐτῷ κολάσαι καὶ τὴν ἀρχὴν ἔδωκαν. ὃ δὲ καὶ τούτους εἴασε τῷ δήμῳ τιμωρήσασθαι. καὶ εἰκόνα αὐτοῦ οἱ Συρακόσιοι ἔστησαν ἐν ἀζώστῳ χιτῶνι: καὶ ἦν τοῦτο τῆς δημαγωγίας αὐτοῦ ὑπόμνημα καὶ τοῖς ἐς τὸν μετὰ ταῦτα αἰῶνα μέλλουσιν ἄρχειν δίδαγμα.
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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