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περὶ δὲ ὄρθρον ἐρομένου αὐτὸν τοῦ Δημητρίου, ποῖ τῆς γῆς τρέψοιτο, καὶ κτυπεῖσθαι δοκοῦντος τὰ [p. 331] ὦτα ὑπὸ ἐννοίας ἱππέων, οὓς ᾤετο ἐπικεῖσθαι ἤδη τῷ Ἀπολλωνίῳ διὰ τὴν ὀργὴν τοῦ τυράννου ‘διώξεται μέν,’ ἔφη ‘με οὐδὲ αὐτός, οὐδὲ ἕτερος, ἐμοὶ δὲ ἐς τὴν Ἑλλάδα ὁ πλοῦς ἔσται.’ ‘σφαλερός γε,’ εἶπε ‘τὸ γὰρ χωρίον φανερώτατον: ὃν δὲ μηδ᾽ ἂν ἐν τῷ ἀφανεῖ διαφύγοις, πῶς ἂν ἐν τῷ φανερῷ λάθοις;’ ‘οὐ δέομαι’ ἔφη ‘λανθάνειν, εἰ γάρ, ὡς σὺ οἴει, τοῦ τυράννου ἡ γῆ πᾶσα, βελτίους οἱ ἐν τῷ φανερῷ ἀποθνήσκοντες τῶν ἐν τῷ ἀφανεῖ ζώντων.’ καὶ πρὸς τὸν Δάμιν ‘αἰσθάνῃ’ ἔφη ‘νεὼς ἀφιείσης ἐς Σικελίαν;’ ‘αἰσθάνομαι,’ εἶπε ‘καὶ γὰρ ἐπὶ θαλάττῃ καταλύομεν καὶ ὁ κηρύττων ἀγχοῦ θυρῶν, στέλλεταί τε ἡ ναῦς ἤδη: ξυμβάλλομαι δ᾽ αὐτὸ τῇ τῶν ἐμπλεόντων βοῇ καὶ οἷς περὶ τὴν ἀναίρεσιν τῶν ἀγκυρῶν πράττουσιν.’ ‘ἐπιβῶμεν’ εἶπε ‘τῆς νεὼς ταύτης, ὦ Δάμι, πλευσούμενοι νῦν μὲν ἐς Σικελίαν, ἐκεῖθεν δ᾽ ἐς Πελοπόννησον.’ ‘ξυνδοκεῖ μοι,’ ἔφη
Flavii Philostrati Opera, Vol 1. Philostratus the Athenian. Carl Ludwig Kayser. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1870. Keyboarding.
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