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βασίλειοι δὲ αὐτοῦ πρεσβεῖαι πολλαὶ μέν, καὶ γάρ τις καὶ ἀγαθὴ τύχη ξυνηκολούθει πρεσβεύοντι, ἀρίστη δὲ ἡ ὑπὲρ τῶν ἀμπέλων: οὐ γὰρ ὑπὲρ Σμυρναίων μόνων, ὥσπερ αἱ πλείους, ἀλλ᾽ ὑπὲρ τῆς Ἀσίας ὁμοῦ πάσης ἐπρεσβεύθη. τὸν δὲ νοῦν τῆς πρεσβείας ἐγὼ δηλώσω: ἐδόκει τῷ βασιλεῖ μὴ εἶναι τῇ Ἀσίᾳ ἀμπέλους, ἐπειδὴ ἐν οἴνῳ στασιάζειν ἔδοξαν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐξῃρῆσθαι μὲν τὰς ἤδη πεφυτευμένας, ἄλλας δὲ μὴ φυτεύειν ἔτι. ἔδει δὴ πρεσβείας ἀπὸ τοῦ κοινοῦ καὶ ἀνδρός, ὃς ἔμελλεν ὥσπερ Ὀρφεύς τις ἢ Θάμυρις ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν θέλξειν. αἱροῦνται τοίνυν Σκοπελιανὸν πάντες, ὁ δ᾽ οὕτω τι ἐκ περιουσίας ἐκράτει τὴν πρεσβείαν, ὡς μὴ μόνον τὸ ἐξεῖναι φυτεύειν ἐπανελθεῖν ἔχων, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐπιτίμια κατὰ τῶν μὴ φυτευόντων. ὡς δὲ ηὐδοκίμησε τὸν ἀγῶνα τὸν ὑπὲρ τῶν ἀμπέλων, δηλοῖ μὲν καὶ τὰ εἰρημένα, ὁ γὰρ λόγος ἐν τοῖς θαυμασιωτάτοις, δηλοῖ δὲ καὶ τὰ ἐπὶ τῷ λόγῳ, δώρων τε γὰρ ἐπ᾽ αὐτῷ ἔτυχεν, [p. 34] ἃ νομίζεται παρὰ βασιλεῖ, πολλῶν τε προσρήσεών τε καὶ ἐπαίνων, νεότης τε αὐτῷ λαμπρὰ ξυνηκολούθησεν ἐς Ἰωνίαν σοφίας ἐρῶντες.
Flavii Philostrati Opera, Vol 2. Philostratus the Athenian. Carl Ludwig Kayser. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1871. Keyboarding.
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