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ὁ μὲν δὴ Συρακούσιος ἀγασθεὶς αὐτὸν ὡς ὑπερφιλοσοφοῦντα, ταυτὶ γὰρ εἰπὼν ἀπῆλθεν, ἐχώρει ἐκ τοῦ δεσμωτηρίου, ὁ δ᾽ Ἀπολλώνιος ἰδὼν ἐς τὸν Δάμιν ‘ξυνίης’ ἔφη ‘τοῦ Πύθωνος τούτου;’ ‘ξυνίημι μὲν’ εἶπε ‘ὑποκαθημένου τε καὶ ὑπαγομένου σε, τί δ᾽ ὁ Πύθων βούλεταί σοι καὶ τίς ὁ τοῦ ὀνόματος νοῦς, οὐκ οἶδα.’ ‘ἐγένετο’ ἔφη ‘Πύθων ὁ Βυζάντιος ἀγαθός, φασί, ῥήτωρ τὰ κακὰ πείθειν: οὗτος ὑπὲρ Φιλίππου τοῦ Αμύντου πρεσβεύων παρὰ τοὺς Ἕλληνας ὑπὲρ τῆς δουλείας αὐτῶν τοὺς μὲν ἄλλους εἴα, ἀλλ᾽ ἐν Ἀθηναίοις γε αὐτοῖς, ὅτε δὴ μάλιστά γε ῥητορικῇ ἔρρωντο, ἀδικεῖσθαί τε ὑπ᾽ αὐτῶν ἔφασκε τὸν Φίλιππον καὶ δεινὰ πράττειν Ἀθηναίους τὸ Ἑλληνικὸν ἐλευθεροῦντας. ὁ Πύθων ταῦτα ῾πολὺσ᾽ ῥέων, ὥς φασιν, ἀλλὰ Δημοσθένης ὁ Παιανιεὺς ἀντειπὼν θρασυνομένῳ μόνος, τὸ ἀνασχεῖν αὐτὸν τάττει ἐν τοῖς ἑαυτοῦ [p. 292] ἄθλοις. ἐγὼ δὲ τὸ μὴ ὑπαχθῆναι ἐς ἃ ἐδόκει τούτῳ οὐκ ἄν ποτε ἆθλον ἐμαυτοῦ φαίην, Πύθωνι δ᾽ αὐτὸν ταὐτὸν πράττειν ἔφην, ἐπειδὴ τυράννου τε μισθωτὸς ἀφίκετο καὶ ἀτόπων ξύμβουλος.’
Flavii Philostrati Opera, Vol 1. Philostratus the Athenian. Carl Ludwig Kayser. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1870. Keyboarding.
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