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τηνικαῦτα δὲ ὁρῶν τὸ πλῆθος ἄνευ μεγάλης
ἀνάγκης μήτε σώζεσθαι δυνάμενον μήτε σῴζειν,
ἀλλ᾽ οἷον ἐκείνου προπολεμοῦντος οἴκοι καθῆσθαι
περὶ λουτρὰ καὶ συνουσίας γενόμενον, ἀπέκλεισε
μὲν τὰ γυμνάσια καὶ τοὺς περιπάτους, ἐν οἷς
ἀλύοντες ὑπὲρ τῶν πραγμάτων λόγῳ διεστρατήγουν,
πότους δὲ καὶ κώμους καὶ θαλίας ἀκαίρους
ἀνεῖλεν, ἐκάλει δὲ πρὸς τὰ ὅπλα, καὶ περὶ τοὺς
καταλόγους τῶν στρατευομένων ἀπαραίτητος
ἦν καὶ λυπηρός, ὥστε πολλοὺς ἐκ τῆς πόλεως
ἀπελθεῖν ἀηθείᾳ τοῦ ἄρχεσθαι δουλείαν τὸ μὴ
πρὸς ἡδονὴν ζῆν καλοῦντας.
Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1920. 9.
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