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ἐῶ τοίνυν ὅτι τὸν Κροῖσον ἀμαθῆ καὶ
ἀλαζόνα καὶ γελοῖον φήσας ἐν πᾶσιν, ὑπὸ τούτου φησίν, αἰχμαλώτου γενομένου, καὶ παιδαγωγεῖσθαι καὶ νουθετεῖσθαι τὸν Κῦρον, ὃς φρονήσει καὶ ἀρετῇ
καὶ μεγαλονοίᾳ πολὺ πάντων δοκεῖ πεπρωτευκέναι
τῶν βασιλέων: τῷ δὲ Κροίσῳ μηδὲν ἄλλο καλὸν ἢ
τὸ τιμῆσαι τοὺς θεοὺς ἀναθήμασι πολλοῖς καὶ μεγάλοις
μαρτυρήσας, αὐτὸ τοῦτο πάντων ἀσεβέστατον ἀποδείκνυσιν ἔργον. ἀδελφὸν γὰρ αὐτῷ Πανταλέοντα περὶ τῆς βασιλείας αὐτῷ διαφέρεσθαι, ζῶντος ἔτι τοῦ πατρός: τὸν οὖν Κροῖσον, ὡς εἰς
τὴν βασιλείαν κατέστη, τῶν ἑταίρων καὶ φίλων τοῦ
Πανταλέοντος ἕνα τῶν γνωρίμων ἐπὶ γνάφου διαφθεῖραι
καταξαινόμενον, ἐκ δὲ τῶν χρημάτων αὐτοῦ ποιησάμενον ἀναθήματα τοῖς θεοῖς ἀποστεῖλαι. Δηιόκην δὲ τὸν Μῆδον ἀρετῇ καὶ δικαιοσύνῃ κτησάμενον
τὴν ἡγεμονίαν οὐ φύσει γενέσθαι φησὶ τοιοῦτον, ἐρασθέντα δὲ τυραννίδος ἐπιθέσθαι προσποιήματι δικαιοσύνης.
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1893. 5.
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