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βούλει τοῦτο μόνον πεπρᾶχθαί μοι, ζῆν δὲ ἔτι τὸν τύραννον διαπεφευγότα; γέρας δὴ ἐπὶ τούτοις
αἰτῶ. τί φατὲ ; οὐ δώσετε ; οὐχὶ κἀκεῖνον ὑφεωρᾶσθε ; οὐ δεσπότης ; οὐ βαρὺς ; οὐκ ἀφόρητος ἦν ; νῦν δὲ καὶ τὸ κεφάλαιον αὐτὸ ἐννοήσατε:
ὃ γὰρ οὗτος ἀπαιτεῖ παρ᾽ ἐμοῦ, τοῦτο ὡς ἐνῆν ἄριστα διεπραξάμην, καὶ τὸν τύραννον ἀπέκτεινα ἑτέρῳ ' φόνῳ, οὐχ ἁπλῶς οὐδὲ πληγῇ μιᾷ, ὅπερ εὐκταιότατον ἦν αὐτῷ ἐπὶ τηλικούτοις ἀδικήμασιν, ἀλλὰ λύπῃ προβασανίσας πολλῇ καὶ ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς δείξας τὰ φίλτατα οἰκτρῶς προκείμενα, υἱὸν ἐν
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ἡλικίᾳ, εἰ καὶ πονηρόν, ἀλλ᾽ οὖν καὶ ἀκμάζοντα
καὶ ὅμοιον τῷ πατρί, αἵματος καὶ λύθρου ἐμπεπλησμένον. ταῦτ᾽ ἔστι πατέρων τὰ τραύματα,
ταῦτα ξίφη δικαίων τυραννοκτόνων, οὗτος θάνατος ἄξιος ὠμῶν τυράννων, αὕτη τιμωρία πρέπουσα τοσούτοις ἀδικήμασιν: τὸ δ᾽ εὐθὺς ἀποθανεῖν, τὸ
δ᾽ ἀγνοῆσαι,^ τὸ δὲ μηδὲν τοιοῦτο θέαμα ἰδεῖν,
οὐδὲν ἔχει τυραννικῆς κολάσεως ἄξιον.
Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1936. 5.
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