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Plato, Gorgias, section 470d (search)
with ancient instances; for those happenings of but a day or two ago are enough to refute you, and prove that many a wrongdoer is happy.SocratesWhat sort of thing do you mean?PolusI suppose you see that Archelaus, son of Perdiccas, is ruler of Macedonia?Archelaus usurped the throne of Macedonia in 413 B.C., and ruled till his death in 399 B.C. Euripides, Agathon, and other distinguished Athenians were guests at his court; Socrates was also invited, but declined to visit him (Aristot. Rhet. of Perdiccas, is ruler of Macedonia?Archelaus usurped the throne of Macedonia in 413 B.C., and ruled till his death in 399 B.C. Euripides, Agathon, and other distinguished Athenians were guests at his court; Socrates was also invited, but declined to visit him (Aristot. Rhet. ii. 23. 8), and this is probably the point of Socrates' next remark.SocratesWell, if I do not, at any rate I hear it.PolusDo you consider him happy or wretched?SocratesI do not know, Polus; I have never met the man.
Plato, Gorgias, section 471c (search)
he refused to make himself happy by bringing up, as he was justly bound, his brother, the legitimate son of Perdiccas, a boy about seven years old who had a just title to the throne, and restoring the kingdom to him; but he cast him into a well and drowned him, and then told his mother Cleopatra that he had fallen in and lost his life while chasing a goose. So now, you see, as the greatest wrongdoer in Macedonia, he is the most wretched of all the Macedonians, not the happiest; and I daresay some Athenians could be found who would join you