ὀλυμπιονίκας μεταδεδωκότας ποτ᾽ ἴσμεν τοῖς παισὶ τοῦ
κοτίνου, οὐ μᾶλλόν γε ἢ τοῦ προσρήματος σφῶν, οὔθ᾽
οἷόν τ᾽ αὐτοῖς μετὰ τοῦ γένους καὶ τὴν ἀρετὴν ἐκδέχεσθαι, ἀλλὰ καὶ πολλάκις ἐκ διαμέτρου ταῦτα ξυμβαίνει.
πῶς οὖν ὡς ὁμολογουμένων ἀγαθῶν τούτων ἐμνήσθης, εἰ
καὶ ὅλως ἔδει μεμνῆσθαι; εἰ γὰρ τῶν ὡς ἀληθῶς ἀγαθῶν
οὐκ ἐχρῆν δι᾽ ἅπερ ἔφην μεμνῆσθαι, ἦ πού γε τὸ τῶν
οὐκ ὄντων μνημονεύειν ὡς ὄντων εἰς γέλωτα φέρει.
καὶ οὐ λέγω ὅτι περ ἐν αὐτοῖς τούτοις καὶ Ἁρμόδιον καὶ Ἀριστογείτονα, οὓς τοσούτου δή τινος ἄγεις,
ὡς δι᾽ αὐτοὺς τούτους καὶ τοῖς ἐξ ἐκείνων τὰς δωρεὰς
ξυγχωρεῖν, λανθάνεις τῶν εἰκόνων ἀποστερῶν, ἃς ὡς
τυραννοκτόνοι γέρας ἴσχουσι, καὶ τῆς θαυμαστῆς ταύτης τόλμης ἀξιόχρεων δῶρον καὶ μάλα σφίσι προσῆκον.
ποτέρως δ᾽ ἂν ἦσθα καλλίων καὶ πιστεύεσθαι ἀξιώτερος,
πότερον καθάπαξ τὰς δωρεὰς συνιστὰς καὶ πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις κατὰ τοῦτο ξυμβαίνων, ἢ ταύτας ἐκ μέρους μὲν
συνιστὰς, ἐκ μέρους δὲ διαβάλλων, καὶ τοῖς μὲν εἰς ἅπαν
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Aristides, Aelius. Aristides. ex recensione Guilielmi Dindorfii. Leipzig. Weidmann. 1829. 1-2.
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