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Numquid potes invenire urbem miseriorem
quam Atheniensium fuit, cum illam triginta tyranni
divellerent ? Mille trecentos cives, optimum quem-
que occiderant nec finem ideo faciebant, sed irritabat
se ipsa saevitia. In qua civitate erat Areos pagos,
religiosissimum iudicium, in qua senatus populus-
que senatu similis, coibat cotidie carnificum triste
collegium et infelix curia tyrannis angustabatur 1!
Poteratne illa civitas conquiescere, in qua tot tyranni
[p. 232]
erant quot satellites 2 essent ? Ne spes quidem
ulla recipiendae libertatis animis poterat offerri, nec
ulli remedio locus apparebat contra tantam vim
malorum. Unde enim miserae civitati tot Harmodios?
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