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58. Θεμιστοκλῆς μὲν οὖν ἀπολυθεὶς τοῦ παρ᾽ Ἕλλησι
φόβου, καὶ παραδόξως ὑπὸ μὲν τῶν τὰ μέγιστα εὐεργετηθέντων
φυγαδευθείς, ὑπὸ δὲ τῶν τὰ δεινότατα παθόντων εὐεργετηθείς, ἐν
ταύταις ταῖς πόλεσι κατεβίωσε πάντων τῶν πρὸς ἀπόλαυσιν ἀγαθῶν
εὐπορούμενος, καὶ τελευτήσας ἐν τῇ Μαγνησίᾳ ταφῆς ἔτυχεν
ἀξιολόγου καὶ μνημείου τοῦ ἔτι νῦν διαμένοντος.
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ἔνιοι δὲ τῶν συγγραφέων φασὶ τὸν Ξέρξην
ἐπιθυμήσαντα πάλιν στρατεύειν ἐπὶ τὴν Ἑλλάδα παρακαλεῖν τὸν
Θεμιστοκλέα στρατηγεῖν ἐπὶ τοῦ πολέμου, τὸν δὲ συγχωρήσαντα περὶ
τούτων πίστεις λαβεῖν ἐνόρκους μὴ στρατεύσειν ἐπὶ τοὺς Ἕλληνας
ἄνευ Θεμιστοκλέους.
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σφαγιασθέντος δὲ
ταύρου καὶ τῶν ὅρκων γενομένων, τὸν Θεμιστοκλέα κύλικα τοῦ αἵματος
πληρώσαντα ἐκπιεῖν καὶ παραχρῆμα τελευτῆσαι. καὶ τὸν μὲν Ξέρξην
ἀποστῆναι τῆς ἐπιβολῆς ταύτης, τὸν δὲ Θεμιστοκλέα διὰ τῆς ἰδίας
τελευτῆς ἀπολογίαν ἀπολιπεῖν καλλίστην ὅτι καλῶς ἐπολιτεύθη τὰ πρὸς
τοὺς Ἕλληνας.
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ἡμεῖς δὲ πάρεσμεν ἐπὶ τὴν τελευτὴν ἀνδρὸς μεγίστου τῶν Ἑλλήνων,
περὶ οὗ πολλοὶ διαμφισβητοῦσι, πότερον οὗτος ἀδικήσας τὴν πατρίδα
καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους Ἕλληνας ἔφυγεν εἰς Πέρσας, ἢ τοὐναντίον ἥ τε
πόλις καὶ πάντες οἱ Ἕλληνες εὐεργετηθέντες μεγάλα τῆς μὲν χάριτος
ἐπελάθοντο, τὸν δ᾽ εὐεργέτην ἤγαγον αὐτὸν ἀδίκως εἰς τοὺς
ἐσχάτους κινδύνους.
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εἰ δέ τις χωρὶς
φθόνου τήν τε φύσιν τἀνδρὸς καὶ τὰς πράξεις ἐξετάζοι μετ᾽ ἀκριβείας,
εὑρήσει πάντων ὧν μνημονεύομεν ἀμφοτέροις τοῖς εἰρημένοις
πεπρωτευκότα. διὸ καὶ θαυμάσειεν ἄν τις εἰκότως, εἰ στερῆσαι σφᾶς
αὐτοὺς ἀνδρὸς τοιούτου τὴν φύσιν ἠθέλησαν.
Diodorus Siculus. Diodorus of Sicily in Twelve Volumes with an English Translation by C. H. Oldfather. Vol. 4-8. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989.
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