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δύο τυράννους ἀποκτείνας, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, μιᾶς ἡμέρας, τὸν μὲν ἤδη παρηβηκότα, τὸν δὲ ἀκμάζοντα καὶ πρὸς διαδοχὴν τῶν ἀδικημάτων
ἑτοιμότερον, ἥκω μίαν ὅμως ἐπ᾽ ἀμφοτέροις αἰτήσων δωρεὰν μόνος τῶν πώποτε τυραννοκτόνων πληγῇ μιᾷ δύο πονηροὺς ἀποσκευασάμενος καὶ φονεύσας τὸν μὲν παῖδα τῷ ξίφει, τὸν πατέρα δὲ
τῇ πρὸς τὸν υἱὸν φιλοστοργίᾳ. ὁ μὲν οὖν τύραννος ἀνθ᾽ ὧν ἐποίησεν ἱκανὴν ἡμῖν δέδωκε τιμωρίαν, ζῶν μὲν τὸν υἱὸν ἐπιδὼν προανῃρημένον παρὰ τὴν
τελευτήν, τελευταῖον δὲ ἠναγκασμένος, τὸ παραδοξότατον, αὐτὸς αὑτοῦ γενέσθαι τυραννοκτόνος.
ὁ παῖς δὲ ὁ ἐκείνου τέθνηκεν μὲν ὑπ᾽ ἐμοῦ, ὑπηρέτησε δέ μοι καὶ ἀποθανὼν πρὸς ἄλλον φόνον,
ζῶν μὲν συναδικῶν τῷ πατρί, μετὰ θάνατον δὲ πατροκτονήσας, ὡς ἐδύνατο.
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Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1936. 5.
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