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[440δ]
ὑπομένων καὶ νικᾷ καὶ οὐ λήγει τῶν γενναίων, πρὶν ἂν ἢ διαπράξηται ἢ τελευτήσῃ ἢ ὥσπερ κύων ὑπὸ νομέως ὑπὸ τοῦ λόγου τοῦ παρ᾽ αὑτῷ ἀνακληθεὶς πραϋνθῇ;πάνυ μὲν οὖν, ἔφη, ἔοικε τούτῳ ᾧ λέγεις: καίτοι γ᾽ ἐν τῇ ἡμετέρᾳ πόλει τοὺς ἐπικούρους ὥσπερ κύνας ἐθέμεθα ὑπηκόους τῶν ἀρχόντων ὥσπερ ποιμένων πόλεως.καλῶς γάρ, ἦν δ᾽ ἐγώ, νοεῖς ὃ βούλομαι λέγειν. ἀλλ᾽ ἦ πρὸς τούτῳ καὶ τόδε ἐνθυμῇ;
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