ἀνθ᾽ ὧν, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἕλληνες, οὔτε φθόνον εἰκὸς
ἔχειν τῇ πόλει οὔθ᾽ ὑποχωροῦντας αἰσχύνεσθαι, ἀλλὰ
συναύξειν ἐκ τῶν ἐνόντων καὶ φιλοτιμεῖσθαι. τῶν γὰρ
Ἀθηναίων νικώντων, παρ᾽ ὑμῖν ἐστι τὸ νικᾶν. πάντας
μὲν γὰρ ἁπάντων εἶναι ἀρίστους ἀδύνατον. ὥσπερ δὲ [p. 320]
ὅταν στρατηγὸς προέχῃ, μετέχει τῆς δόξης ἡ πόλις, οὕτω
τῆς ἡγουμένης πόλεως τὰ εἰκότα τιμωμένης ἅπασι μέτεστι
τῆς φιλοτιμίας. οἶμαι δὲ οὐδ᾽ αὐτοῖς Ἀθηναίοις φέρειν
αἰσχύνην, ἄν τις αὐτοῖς πρεσβεύῃ τὴν ἀκρόπολιν. χρὴ
τοίνυν καὶ ὑμᾶς, ὥσπερ ἀκρόπολίν τινα ἢ κορυφὴν νομίσαντας τῆς Ἑλλάδος καὶ τῶν ὁμοφύλων τὴν πόλιν καὶ
ἔργῳ καὶ λόγῳ κοσμεῖν, καὶ μετέχειν τῆς δόξης, ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ
ἀποστερεῖσθαι νομίζοντας. εἴργασται καὶ ἡμῖν ὁ λόγος
ἀντὶ τοῦ πέπλου κόσμος Παναθηναίων τῇ θεωρίᾳ: δοῦναι
δὲ χάριν τῆς αὐτῆς θεοῦ ἧσπερ καὶ ὁ λόγος καὶ ἡ πόλις.
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Aristides, Aelius. Aristides. ex recensione Guilielmi Dindorfii. Leipzig. Weidmann. 1829. 1-2.
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