Ἀριστείδης τῇ βουλῇ καὶ τῷ δήμῳ τῷ Κοτυαέων χαίρειν.
εἰκὸς μὲν ἦν καὶ ἀπὸ πάσης τῆς Ἑλλάδος ὡς ὑμᾶς ἰέναι
συναχθεσθησομένους ἐπὶ τοιαύτῃ συμφορᾷ καὶ κοσμήσοντας ἄνδρα τῶν Ἑλλήνων τοσοῦτον πρῶτον: ἐγὼ δ᾽ οὖν
πέμπων καὶ τάττων ἐμαυτὸν εἰς τοὺς οἰκεῖον τὸ συμβεβηκὸς νομίζοντας οὐκ ἄν μοι περιεργάζεσθαι δοκῶ. ὅσα
γὰρ νομίζεται κατ᾽ ἀνθρώπους καλὰ καὶ ἔντιμα ὀνόματα
καὶ παισί τε ἡδονὴν ἔχοντα καὶ πρεσβυτέροις αἰδέσιμα,
οὐδὲν τούτων ἀνὴρ ἐλλελοιπὼς ἦν ἐμοί. ἀλλὰ καὶ τραφεὶς
ὑπ᾽ ἐκείνῳ καὶ παιδευθεὶς καὶ ὅσων ἡ τύχη παρέσχε μετὰ
ταῦτα κοινωνήσας πάντων διὰ σπουδῆς, τροφέα, διδάσκαλον, πατέρα, ἑταῖρον, πάντ᾽ εἶχον καλεῖν. μέγιστον δ᾽
ἦν ἡμῖν πρὸς ἀλλήλους ὅτι ἴσον φρονῆσαι ἐπ᾽ ἀλλήλοις
εἴχομεν, ἐγὼ μὲν ἐκείνῳ διδασκάλῳ φιλοτιμούμενος, ὁ δ᾽
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Aristides, Aelius. Aristides. ex recensione Guilielmi Dindorfii. Leipzig. Weidmann. 1829. 1-2.
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