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112. Φύτωνα δὲ τὸν τῶν Ῥηγίνων
στρατηγὸν συλλαβών, τὸν μὲν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ κατεπόντισεν, αὐτὸν δὲ τὸ
μὲν πρῶτον ἔδησε πρὸς τὰς ὑψηλοτάτας μηχανάς, οἱονεὶ τραγικήν τινα
τιμωρίαν λαμβάνων, προσέπεμψε δέ τινα τῶν ὑπηρετῶν ἐροῦντα πρὸς
αὐτόν, ὡς ἐχθὲς αὐτοῦ τὸν υἱὸν Διονύσιος κατεπόντισε: πρὸς ὃν
εἶπε Φύτων, διότι γέγονεν εὐτυχέστερος τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμέρᾳ μιᾷ.
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μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα περιῆγεν αὐτὸν
Διονύσιος τὴν πόλιν μαστίζων καὶ κατὰ πάντα τρόπον αἰκιζόμενος, ἅμα
κήρυκος συνακολουθοῦντος ὅτι τὸν ἄνδρα Διονύσιος τιμωρεῖται
παρηλλαγμένως, ὅτι τὴν πόλιν ἔπεισεν ἑλέσθαι τὸν πόλεμον.
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ὁ δὲ Φύτων κατὰ τὴν πολιορκίαν στρατηγὸς
ἀγαθὸς γεγενημένος καὶ κατὰ τὸν ἄλλον βίον ἐπαινούμενος, οὐκ
ἀγεννῶς ὑπέμενε τὴν ἐπὶ τῆς τελευτῆς τιμωρίαν, ἀλλ᾽ ἀκατάπληκτον
τὴν ψυχὴν φυλάξας καὶ βοῶν ὅτι τὴν πόλιν οὐ βουληθεὶς προδοῦναι
Διονυσίῳ τυγχάνει τῆς τιμωρίας, ἣν αὐτῷ τὸ δαιμόνιον ἐκείνῳ
συντόμως ἐπιστήσει: ὥστε τὴν ἀρετὴν τἀνδρὸς καὶ παρὰ τοῖς
στρατιώταις τοῦ Διονυσίου κατελεεῖσθαι καί τινας ἤδη θορυβεῖν.
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ὁ δὲ Διονύσιος εὐλαβηθείς, μή τινες
τῶν στρατιωτῶν ἀποτολμήσωσιν ἐξαρπάζειν τὸν Φύτωνα, παυσάμενος τῆς
τιμωρίας κατεπόντισε τὸν ἀτυχῆ μετὰ τῆς συγγενείας.
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οὗτος μὲν οὖν ἀναξίως τῆς ἀρετῆς ἐκνόμοις
περιέπεσε τιμωρίαις, καὶ πολλοὺς ἔσχε καὶ τότε τῶν Ἑλλήνων τοὺς
ἀλγήσαντας τὴν συμφορὰν καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ποιητὰς τοὺς θρηνήσαντας τὸ
τῆς περιπετείας ἐλεεινόν.
Diodorus Siculus. Diodorus of Sicily in Twelve Volumes with an English Translation by C. H. Oldfather. Vol. 4-8. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989.
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