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ἐπεὶ δ̓
ἑώρα θυρεούς τε πολλοὺς ὑπερφαινομένους τοῦ
ποταμοῦ καὶ τοὺς ἱππεῖς ἐπελαύνοντας ἐν τάξει,
συστρέψας ἐνέβαλε πρῶτος, αὐτόθεν τε περίοπτος
ὢν ὅπλων κάλλει καὶ λαμπρότητι κεκοσμημένων
περιττῶς, καὶ τὴν δόξαν ἐπιδεικνύμενος ἔργοις οὐκ
ἀποδέουσαν αὐτοῦ τῆς ἀρετῆς: μάλιστα δὲ ὅτι τὰς
χεῖρας καὶ τὸ σῶμα παρέχων τῷ ἀγῶνι καὶ τοὺς
καθ᾽ αὑτὸν ἀμυνόμενος ἐρρωμένως οὐ συνεχεῖτο
τὸν λογισμὸν οὐδὲ τοῦ φρονεῖν ἐξέπιπτεν,
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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