εἰ μὲν οὕτως εἶχον, ὦ ἄνδρες Ῥόδιοι, τὸ σῶμα, ὡς
ἐγώ τε ἂν ἐβουλόμην καὶ ὑμεῖς συνεύξεσθε, αὐτὸς ἂν ὑμῖν
διαβὰς εἰς λόγους ἦλθον πολλῶν ἕνεκα: ἐπεὶ δ᾽ ἴσως
καὶ πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἀφῖκται λόγος ὡς διακείμεθα, ὑπὲρ μὲν
τῶν κατ᾽ ἐμαυτὸν τοῖς θεοῖς ἐπιτρέπω, δι᾽ οὓς καὶ εἰς
τοῦτον ἐσώθην τὸν χρόνον: πρὸς δὲ ὑμᾶς ὑπόλοιπον ἦν
πέμψαι τὸ βιβλίον, καὶ τοῦτον τὸν τρόπον συγγενέσθαι
τὴν πρώτην. εἰκότως δ᾽ ἂν οὐ περίεργος νομιζοίμην ἐν
πατρίδος μοίρᾳ τὴν πόλιν ὑμῶν ἄγων. Ἑλλήνων τε γὰρ
οὐκ εἰς ἐσχάτους δοκοῦντα τελεῖν παντὸς τοῦ Ἑλληνικοῦ
κήδεσθαι νομίζειν αὑτῷ προσήκειν οὐ μάταιος ὁ λογισμὸς,
τῶν τε πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἰδίᾳ μοι δικαίων ὑπαρχόντων οὐδ᾽ ὑμεῖς
ἐπιλέλησθε: ἀνθ᾽ ὧν καὶ λέγειν καὶ πράττειν ὁτιοῦν ἀξιῶν
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Aristides, Aelius. Aristides. ex recensione Guilielmi Dindorfii. Leipzig. Weidmann. 1829. 1-2.
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