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οὕτω μὲν ἐξέπεσε τῶν Ἰταλικῶν καὶ
Σικελικῶν ὁ Πύρρος ἐλπίδων, ἑξαετῆ χρόνον ἀναλώσας
περὶ τοὺς ἐκεῖ πολέμους, καὶ τοῖς 1
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πράγμασιν ἐλαττωθείς, τὸ δὲ ἀνδρεῖον ἀνίκητον ἐν
ταῖς ἥτταις διαφυλάξας: καὶ νομισθεὶς ἐμπειρίᾳ
μὲν πολεμικῇ καὶ χειρὶ καὶ τόλμῃ πολὺ πρῶτος
εἶναι τῶν καθ᾽ αὑτὸν βασιλέων, ἃ δὲ ταῖς πράξεσιν
ἐκτᾶτο ταῖς ἐλπίσιν ἀπολλύναι, δι᾽ ἔρωτα τῶν
ἀπόντων οὐδὲν εἷς ὃ δεῖ θέσθαι τῶν ὑπαρχόντων
φθάσας.
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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