αὐτοὺς οἷόν τ᾽ ἦν καὶ ἀτελείας ἀποστερῆσαι καὶ φίλους
παραπλησίως κεκτῆσθαι, καὶ οὕτως ἡμεῖς μὲν ἀγνωμονοῦντες ἂν εἴημεν οὐδὲν ἧττον τῷ τὰ μὴ προσήκοντα
σφίσι διὰ τέλους τηρῆσαι, αὐτοὶ δὲ πρὸς τῷ καλοὶ κἀγαθοί τινες εἶναι δι᾽ ὧν εἰς ἡμᾶς ἔδρασαν, καὶ μεγαλοψυχίας φέροιντ᾽ ἂν δόξαν, ὡς οὐκ ἐν οἷς ἠτιμάσθησαν ταραχθέντες, ἀλλ᾽ ἐφ᾽ οἷς εἶχον μεμενηκότες. εἰ δ᾽
ἅμα ταύτης στερήσονται καὶ ἡμῖν ἔσονται δύσνοι, ὡς
ὑφ᾽ ἡμῶν ἀτεχνῶς ὑβρισμένοι, μανία δή που σαφὴς
ἀντὶ μικρῶν καὶ φαύλων λειτουργιῶν τοσούτοις ἡμᾶς διαβεβλῆσθαι καὶ κακῶς ἀκούειν καὶ μῖσος ἐν Ἕλλησι καὶ
βαρβάροις ἔχειν, ἐξὸν πᾶν τοὐναντίον θαυμάζεσθαι καὶ
φιλεῖσθαι καὶ διὰ τὴν ἡμετέραν πρὸς τούτους αἰδὼ πάντας ἐπὶ τὰ ἴσα προτρέπειν.
ἀλλὰ μὴν καὶ περί γ᾽ αὐτῶν τῶν λειτουργιῶν, ἃς
ἀναιρεῖσθαί φησι διὰ τὰς ἀτελείας Λεπτίνης, ἐκεῖνο
λέγω, ὡς εἴ τις τὴν ἐσομένην ἐντεῦθεν ὄνησιν ἀκριβῶς
ἐξετάσει, καὶ ἣν οἱ τὰς ἀτελείας λαμβάνοντες τῇ πόλει
παρέχουσιν, εὑρήσει τὴν μὲν μείζω τοῖς ὅλοις καὶ περιφανεστέραν καὶ ὥστε ταύτης τυγχάνειν ἀξίαν εὐχῆς, τὴν
δ᾽ οὐχ ὅσον ἐλάττω καὶ φαύλην παντάπασι καὶ οὐδ᾽
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Aristides, Aelius. Aristides. ex recensione Guilielmi Dindorfii. Leipzig. Weidmann. 1829. 1-2.
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