πάντων δὲ ἀτοπώτατον, εἰ πάλαι μὲν τοῦ Μήδου
τοῖς ἡμετέροις προγόνοις πλεῖστα καὶ μέγιστα δῶρα τὰ
μὲν αὐτίκα διδόντος, τὰ δ᾽ ἐπαγγελλομένου, ἐὰν μετ᾽
αὐτοῦ κατὰ τῆς Ἑλλάδος συστῶσιν, ἐὰν δὲ μὴ, πάντα [p. 675]
τὰ πάντων αἴσχιστ᾽ αὐτοῖς ἀπειλοῦντος, τούτων οὐδὲν
τὸ παράπαν εἷλεν αὐτοὺς οὐδ᾽ ἔπεισε γενέσθαι κακοὺς,
ἀλλὰ τοσοῦτον ἀπέσχον τοῦ σφῶν αὐτῶν καὶ τοῦ μεγάλου τῶν Ἀθηναίων ὀνόματος ἀνάξια καὶ βεβουλεῦσθαι
καὶ δρᾶσαι, ὡς μᾶλλον ἂν ἑλέσθαι καθάπαξ ἀπολωλέναι
καὶ αὐτοὺς καὶ τὰ αὐτῶν ἢ τῶν ὑπὲρ τῆς Ἑλλάδος ἐξ
ἀρχῆς αὐτοῖς ἐγνωσμένων καὶ ὁπηοῦν καθυφέσθαι: καὶ
ταῦτ᾽ οὔσης ἀνάγκης, ἐν ᾗ καὶ τὸ παρὰ τοὺς νόμους
εἰργάσθαι φέρει ξυγγνώμην. ἡμεῖς δὲ, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, καθ᾽ ἡμῶν αὐτῶν εἴξομεν ὁτῳοῦν, καὶ πλέον ἕξει
Λεπτίνης ἃ μὴ δεῖ συμβουλεύων, ἢ Ξέρξης μετὰ πάσης
ὡς εἰπεῖν τῆς οἰκουμένης ἡμῖν ἐπιών; καὶ μὴν οἷς μὲν
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Aristides, Aelius. Aristides. ex recensione Guilielmi Dindorfii. Leipzig. Weidmann. 1829. 1-2.
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