οὔτε Πλάτωνι οὔτε Ὁμήρῳ. οὐ γάρ τοι οὐδὲ τῷ Εὐρύτῳ φησὶ συνενεγκεῖν ὁ ποιητὴς ὅτι ἤριζε πρὸς τοὺς κρείττονας. οὐ μέντοι
ἀνδράσι δὲ προτέροισιν ἐριζέμεν οὐκ ἐθελήσω,
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κἀγὼ σφόδρα γε ἥσθην τῇ ἁπλότητι τοῦ πρεσβύτου, καὶ γελάσας
εἶπον, Ὦ φίλε Ἱεροσῶν, εἴ με ἐκέλευες χθὲς εἰσβεβληκότων ὑμῖν
τῶν πολεμίων λαβόντα ὅπλα ὥσπερ τὸν Ἀχιλλέα μάχεσθαι, τὸ μὲν
ἕτερον ἐπείσθην ἄν, πειρώμενος ἀμύνεσθαι ὑπὲρ ἀνδρῶν φίλων,
τὸ δὲ ἕτερον οὐκ ἂν οἶμαι ἐδυνάμην, καίτοι σφόδρα βουλόμενος,
ὁμοίως τῷ Ἀχιλλεῖ ἀγωνίζεσθαι. καὶ νῦν ὧν κελεύεις ποιήσω τὸ
ἕτερον, προθυμήσομαι εἰπεῖν τὸν λόγον, ὡς ἂν ἐγὼ δύνωμαι κατ̓ ἐμαυτόν:
Dionis Prusaensis quem vocant Chrysostomum quae exstant omnia, Vol 2. Dio Chrysostom. J. de Arnim. Weidmann. Berlin. 1896. Keyboarding.
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