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38. ‘ἐγὼ μὲν οὖν ὁ αὐτός εἰμι τῇ γνώμῃ καὶ θαυμάζω μὲν τῶν προθέντων αὖθις περὶ Μυτιληναίων λέγειν καὶ χρόνου διατριβὴν ἐμποιησάντων, ὅ ἐστι πρὸς τῶν ἠδικηκότων μᾶλλον （ὁ γὰρ παθὼν τῷ δράσαντι ἀμβλυτέρᾳ τῇ ὀργῇ ἐπεξέρχεται, ἀμύνεσθαι δὲ τῷ παθεῖν ὅτι ἐγγυτάτω κείμενον ἀντίπαλον ὂν μάλιστα τὴν τιμωρίαν ἀναλαμβάνει）, θαυμάζω δὲ καὶ ὅστις ἔσται ὁ ἀντερῶν καὶ ἀξιώσων ἀποφαίνειν τὰς μὲν Μυτιληναίων ἀδικίας ἡμῖν ὠφελίμους οὔσας, τὰς δ᾽ ἡμετέρας ξυμφορὰς τοῖς ξυμμάχοις βλάβας καθισταμένας.
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καὶ δῆλον ὅτι ἢ τῷ λέγειν πιστεύσας τὸ πάνυ δοκοῦν ἀνταποφῆναι ὡς οὐκ ἔγνωσται ἀγωνίσαιτ᾽ ἄν, ἢ κέρδει ἐπαιρόμενος τὸ εὐπρεπὲς τοῦ λόγου ἐκπονήσας παράγειν πειράσεται.
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ἡ δὲ πόλις ἐκ τῶν τοιῶνδε ἀγώνων τὰ μὲν ἆθλα ἑτέροις δίδωσιν, αὐτὴ δὲ τοὺς κινδύνους ἀναφέρει.
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αἴτιοι δ᾽ ὑμεῖς κακῶς ἀγωνοθετοῦντες, οἵτινες εἰώθατε θεαταὶ μὲν τῶν λόγων γίγνεσθαι, ἀκροαταὶ δὲ τῶν ἔργων, τὰ μὲν μέλλοντα ἔργα ἀπὸ τῶν εὖ εἰπόντων σκοποῦντες ὡς δυνατὰ γίγνεσθαι, τὰ δὲ πεπραγμένα ἤδη, οὐ τὸ δρασθὲν πιστότερον ὄψει λαβόντες ἢ τὸ ἀκουσθέν, ἀπὸ τῶν λόγῳ καλῶς ἐπιτιμησάντων:
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καὶ μετὰ καινότητος μὲν λόγου ἀπατᾶσθαι ἄριστοι, μετὰ δεδοκιμασμένου δὲ μὴ ξυνέπεσθαι ἐθέλειν, δοῦλοι ὄντες τῶν αἰεὶ ἀτόπων, ὑπερόπται δὲ τῶν εἰωθότων,
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καὶ μάλιστα μὲν αὐτὸς εἰπεῖν ἕκαστος βουλόμενος δύνασθαι, εἰ δὲ μή, ἀνταγωνιζόμενοι τοῖς τοιαῦτα λέγουσι μὴ ὕστεροι ἀκολουθῆσαι δοκεῖν τῇ γνώμῃ, ὀξέως δέ τι λέγοντος προεπαινέσαι, καὶ προαισθέσθαι τε πρόθυμοι εἶναι τὰ λεγόμενα καὶ προνοῆσαι βραδεῖς τὰ ἐξ αὐτῶν ἀποβησόμενα,
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ζητοῦντές τε ἄλλο τι ὡς εἰπεῖν ἢ ἐν οἷς ζῶμεν, φρονοῦντες δὲ οὐδὲ περὶ τῶν παρόντων ἱκανῶς: ἁπλῶς τε ἀκοῆς ἡδονῇ ἡσσώμενοι καὶ σοφιστῶν θεαταῖς ἐοικότες καθημένοις μᾶλλον ἢ περὶ πόλεως βουλευομένοις.
Thucydides. Historiae in two volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1942.
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- Sir Richard C. Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Antigone, 640
- Sir Richard C. Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Antigone, 648
- Sir Richard C. Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Philoctetes, 98
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- LSJ, δῆλος
- LSJ, ἄριστος
- LSJ, ἄτοπ-ος
- LSJ, ἀγωνο-θετέω
- LSJ, ἀκολουθ-έω
- LSJ, ἀκούω
- LSJ, ἀκρο-α_τής
- LSJ, ἀμβλ-ύς
- LSJ, ἀναφέρω
- LSJ, ἀντα^γων-ίζομαι
- LSJ, ἀνταπο-φαίνω
- LSJ, ἀποβαίνω
- LSJ, αὐτός
- LSJ, βρα^δύς
- LSJ, διατρι^βή
- LSJ, δοκι^μάζω
- LSJ, δοῦλος
- LSJ, δράω
- LSJ, ἐκπονέω
- LSJ, ἐμποι-έω
- LSJ, ἐπεξ-έρχομαι
- LSJ, ἐπιτιμ-έω
- LSJ, εἶπον
- LSJ, εὐπρεπ-ής
- LSJ, γιγνώσκω
- LSJ, γνώμ-η
- LSJ, ἡδονή
- LSJ, ἡσσ-άομαι
- LSJ, καινότης
- LSJ, ὄψις
- LSJ, προαισθ-άνομαι
- LSJ, προεπ-αινέω
- LSJ, προνοέω
- LSJ, προτίθημι
- LSJ, θαυμ-άζω
- LSJ, θεα_τ-ής
- LSJ, σοφισ-τής
- LSJ, συνέπομαι
- LSJ, ὑπερόπτης
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