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τὸν μὲν οὖν Φίλιππον
οὐ πολλοῖς ἔτεσι τοῦ Δημητρίου νεώτερον ὄντα
συνέβη τελευτῆσαι: Δημήτριος δὲ μεγέθει μὲν
ἦν τοῦ πατρὸς ἐλάττων, καίπερ ὢν μέγας, ἰδέᾳ
δὲ καὶ κάλλει προσώπου θαυμαστὸς καὶ περιττός,
ὥστε τῶν πλαττόντων καὶ γραφόντων μηθένα
τῆς ὁμοιότητος ἐφικέσθαι. τὸ γὰρ αὐτὸ χάριν
καὶ βάρος καὶ φόβον καὶ ὥραν εἶχε, καὶ συνεκέκρατο
τῷ νεαρῷ καὶ ἰταμῷ δυσμίμητος ἡρωϊκή
τις ἐπιφάνεια καὶ βασιλικὴ σεμνότης.
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