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τὸ τοῦ
Θεμιστοκλέους ἐπιεικέστερόν ἐστι, καὶ μετριώτερον. ὁ μὲν γὰρ Ἀγησίλαος
ὑπὸ τοῦ πατρὸς κελευόμενος κρῖναί τινα δίκην παρὰ τὸν νόμον, ‘ἀλλ᾽
ὑπὸ σοῦ:’ ἔφη ‘πάτερ, πείθεσθαι τοῖς
νόμοις ἐδιδασκόμην ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς: διὸ καὶ νῦν σοι πείθομαι μηδὲν ποιεῖν 1
παράνομον’ ὁ δὲ Θεμιστοκλῆς πρὸς τὸν Σιμωνίδην ἀξιοῦντά τι τῶν μὴ
δικαίων ‘οὔτ᾽ ἂν σὺ ποιητὴς ἀγαθὸς εἴης’ ἔφη ‘παρὰ μέλος:
ᾁδων, οὔτ᾽ ἂν ἐγὼ χρηστὸς ἄρχων παρὰ
νόμον κρίνων.’
καίτοι οὐ διὰ τὴν τοῦ ποδὸς πρὸς τὴν λύραν ἀμετρίαν, 2 ὡς Πλάτων
ἔλεγε, καὶ πόλεις πόλεσι
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