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ἐπράχθη δὲ κἀκεῖνα τοῦτον τὸν τρόπον: ἔκοψαν οἱ περὶ Πελοπίδαν τοῦ
Λεοντίδου τὴν αὔλειον ἡσυχῆ προσελθόντες, καὶ πρὸς τὸν ὑπακούσαντα
τῶν οἰκετῶν ἔφασαν ἥκειν Ἀθήνηθεν
γράμματα τῷ Λεοντίδῃ παρὰ Καλλιστράτου κομίζοντες. ὡς δ᾽ ἀπαγγείλας καὶ
κελευσθεὶς ἀνοῖξαι τὸν μοχλὸν ἀφεῖλε καὶ μικρὸν ἐνέδωκε τὴν θύραν,
ἐμπεσόντες ἀθρόοι καὶ ἀνατρέψαντες τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἵεντο δρόμῳ διὰ τῆς αὐλῆς ἐπὶ τὸν θάλαμον. ὁ δ᾽ εὐθὺς ἐπὶ
τὴν ἀλήθειαν ἐξενεχθεὶς τῇ ὑπονοίᾳ καὶ 1 σπασάμενος τὸ ἐγχειρίδιον ὥρμησε πρὸς
ἄμυναν, ἄδικος μὲν [p. 546] ἀνὴρ καὶ τυραννικὸς εὔρωστος δὲ
τῇ ψυχῇ καὶ κατὰ χεῖρα ῥωμαλέος: οὐ μὴν ἔγνω γε τὸν λύχνον καταβαλεῖν
καὶ διὰ σκότους συμμῖξαι τοῖς ἐπιφερομένοις, ἀλλ᾽ ἐν φωτὶ καθορώμενος
ὑπὸ τούτων ἅμα τῆς θύρας ἀνοιγομένης παίει
τὸν Κηφισόδωρον εἰς τὸν λαγόνα: καὶ δευτέρῳ τῷ Πελοπίδᾳ συμπεσὼν μέγα
βοῶν ἀνεκαλεῖτο τοὺς θεράποντας. ἀλλ᾽ ἐκείνους μὲν οἱ περὶ τὸν Σαμίδαν
ἀνεῖργον, οὐ παρακινδυνεύοντας εἰς χεῖρας ἐλθεῖν ἀνδράσιν ἐπιφανεστάτοις
τῶν πολιτῶν καὶ κατ᾽ ἀλκὴν διαφέρουσιν.
ἀγὼν δ᾽ ἦν τῷ
Πελοπίδᾳ πρὸς τὸν Λεοντίδην καὶ διαξιφισμὸς ἐν ταῖς θύραις τοῦ θαλάμου
στεναῖς οὔσαις, καὶ τοῦ Κηφισοδώρου πεπτωκότος ἐν μέσαις αὐταῖς 2 καὶ
θνήσκοντος, ὥστε μὴ δύνασθαι τοὺς ἄλλους
προσβοηθεῖν. τέλος δ᾽ ὁ ἡμέτερος λαβὼν μὲν εἰς τὴν κεφαλὴν οὐ μέγα
τραῦμα: δοὺς δὲ πολλὰ καὶ καταβαλὼν τὸν Λεοντίδην, ἐπέσφαξε θερμῷ τῷ
Κηφισοδώρῳ. καὶ γὰρ εἶδε πίπτοντα τὸν ἐχθρὸν ὁ ἀνὴρ καὶ τῷ
Πελοπίδᾳ τὴν δεξιὰν ἐνέβαλε: καὶ τοὺς
ἄλλους ἀσπασάμενος ἅμ᾽ ἵλεως ἐξέπνευσε. γενόμενοι δ᾽ ἀπὸ τούτων ἐπὶ
τὸν Ὑπάτην 3 τρέπονται, καὶ τῶν θυρῶν ὁμοίως αὐτοῖς ἀνοιχθεισῶν φεύγοντα
τὸν Ὑπάτην 4ὑπὲρ τέγους τινὸς εἰς τοὺς γείτονας ἀποσφάττουσιν.
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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