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ἀκολούθως δὲ
τούτοις καὶ ἕτεραί τινες ὥσπερ ἐνθεάζουσαι ἐγένοντο φωναί,
προδηλοῦσαι τὴν τοῦ βασιλέως καταστροφήν. ἐν γὰρ τῷ βασιλικῷ πότῳ
Νεοπτόλεμος ὁ τραγῳδός, πρωτεύων τῇ μεγαλοφωνίᾳ καὶ τῇ δόξῃ,
προστάξαντος αὐτῷ τοῦ Φιλίππου προενέγκασθαι τῶν ἐπιτετευγμένων
ποιημάτων καὶ μάλιστα τῶν ἀνηκόντων πρὸς τὴν κατὰ τῶν Περσῶν
στρατείαν, ὁ μὲν τεχνίτης κρίνας οἰκεῖον ὑποληφθήσεσθαι τὸ ποίημα
τῇ διαβάσει τοῦ Φιλίππου καὶ τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν ἐπιπλῆξαι βουλόμενος
τοῦ Περσῶν βασιλέως, καίπερ οὖσαν μεγάλην καὶ περιβόητον, ὅπως
μεταπέσοι ποτ᾽ ἂν εἰς τοὐναντίον ὑπὸ τῆς τύχης ἤρξατο λέγειν τόδε
τὸ ποίημα:“
φρονεῖτε νῦν αἰθέρος ὑψηλότερον
καὶ μεγάλων πεδίων ἀρούρας,
φρονεῖθ᾽ ὑπερβαλλόμενοι
δόμων δόμους, ἀφροσύνᾳ
πρόσω βιοτὰν τεκμαιρόμενοι.
ὁ δ᾽ ἀμφιβάλλει ταχύπουν
κέλευθον ἕρπων σκοτίαν,
ἄφνω δ᾽ ἄφαντος προσέβα
μακρὰς ἀφαιρούμενος ἐλπίδας
θνατῶν πολύμοχθος Ἅιδας
”anon. fr. 127 (Nauck)καὶ τὰ
τούτων ἐφεξῆς προσσυνεῖρε, πάντα πρὸς τὴν ὁμοίαν φερόμενα διάνοιαν.
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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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