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ἐσπούδαζον δὲ καὶ περὶ τὰ μέλη καὶ τὰς ᾠδὰς οὐδὲν ἧττον κέντρον δ᾽ εἶχε ταῦτα ἐγερτικὸν
θυμοῦ καὶ φρονήματος καὶ παραστατικὸν ὁρμῆς
ἐνθουσιώδους καὶ πρακτικῆς. καὶ ἡ λέξις ἦν
ἀφελὴς καὶ ἄθρυπτος: οὐδὲν δ᾽ ἕτερον εἶχεν ἢ ἐπαίνους τῶν γεννικῶς ζησάντων καὶ ὑπὲρ τῆς Σπάρτης ἀποθανόντων καὶ εὐδαιμονιζομένων, καὶ
ψόγους τῶν τρεσάντων ὡς ἀλγεινὸν καὶ
[p. 434] κακοδαίμονα βιούντων βίον ἐπαγγελίαν τε καὶ
μεγαλαυχίαν πρὸς ἀρετὴν πρέπουσαν1 ταῖς ἡλικίαις.
1 ἐπαγγελίαν ... μεγαλαυχίαν ... πρέπουσαν Pantazides and F.C.B.: ἐπαγγελία ... μεγαλαυχία ... πρέπουσα. Kronenberg would put them all in the acc. plural.
Plutarch. Moralia. with an English Translation by. Frank Cole Babbitt. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1931. 3.
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