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ἔτη: εἶτα τὴν 1 οὕτω μακρὰν καὶ συμβεβιωκυῖαν 2 ἡσυχίαν ἀποθέμενον ἐμβαλεῖν ἑαυτὸν εἰς ἀγῶνας καὶ ἀσχολίας, ἀήθη καὶ ἀγύμναστον ὄντα καὶ μήτε πράγμασιν ἐνωμιληκότα πολιτικοῖς μήτ᾽ ἀνθρώποις, ἴσως ἂν αἰτιωμένῳ τινὶ παράσχοι τὸ τῆς Πυθίας [p. 24] εἰπεῖν ‘ὄψ᾽ 3 ἦλθες’ ἀρχὴν καὶ δημαγωγίαν διζήμενος, καὶ παρ᾽ ὥραν στρατηγίου κόπτεις θύραν, ὥσπερ τις ἀτεχνότερος 4 ὢν νύκτωρ ἐπίκωμος ἀφιγμένος, ἢ ξένος οὐ τόπον οὐδὲ χώραν ἀλλὰ βίον, οὗ μὴ 5 πεπείρασαι, μεταλλάττων 6. τὸ γάρ ‘ πόλις ἄνδρα διδάσκει’ 7 κατὰ Σιμωνίδην ἀληθές ἐστιν ἐπὶ τῶν ἔτι χρόνον ἐχόντων μεταδιδαχθῆναι καὶ μεταμαθεῖν μάθημα, διὰ πολλῶν ἀγώνων καὶ πραγμάτων μόλις
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1893. 5.
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