τὸ πρᾶγμα; καίτοι μετριώτερον ἂν αὐτοῖς ἐδόκει μηδ᾽
ὁτιοῦν τὴν ἀρχὴν εἰληφέναι ἢ οὕτω λαμπρῶς εἰληφόσιν
ἔπειθ᾽ ὑπ᾽ οὐδεμιᾶς ἀξιολόγου προφάσεως τοῦτ᾽ ἀφῃρῆσθαι. ἐκεῖνο μὲν γὰρ ἀγνωμοσύνη τις ἂν ἦν μόνον περὶ
τοὺς εὐεργέτας τῆς πόλεως, τὸ δ᾽ ἀμφοτέρων μὲν ὕβρις
καὶ ἀδοξία: ἰδίᾳ δὲ παρὰ πάντων ὄνειδος καὶ μῖσος τῇ
πόλει καὶ τὸ μὴ παρ᾽ ὡντινωνοῦν ἀξίαν δοκεῖν εἶναι τὸ [p. 670]
παράπαν ἐπὶ μηδενὶ πεπιστεῦσθαι. ᾗ τοσοῦτον δόξης
καὶ τοῦ θαυμάζεσθαι μέτεστι, καὶ οὕτως ἐστὶ διὰ πάντων κρατίστη καὶ τοῖς ὅλοις νικῶσα, ὡς μόνην ταύτην
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