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φησὶν ὁ Πολέμων ἠκροᾶσθαι καὶ Δίωνος ἀποδημίαν ὑπὲρ τούτου στείλας ἐς τὸ τῶν Βιθυνῶν ἔθνος. ἔλεγε δὲ ὁ Πολέμων τὰ μὲν τῶν καταλογάδην ὤμοις δεῖν ἐκφέρειν, τὰ δὲ τῶν ποιητῶν ἁμάξαις. κἀκεῖνα τῶν Πολέμωνι τιμὴν ἐχόντων: ἤριζεν ἡ Σμύρνα ὑπὲρ τῶν ναῶν καὶ τῶν ἐπ᾽ αὐτοῖς δικαίων, ξύνδικον πεποιημένη τὸν Πολέμωνα ἐς τέρμα ἤδη τοῦ βίου ἥκοντα. ἐπεὶ δὲ ἐν ὁρμῇ τῆς ὑπὲρ τῶν δικαίων ἀποδημίας ἐτελεύτησεν, ἐγένετο μὲν ἐπ᾽ ἄλλοις ξυνδίκοις ἡ πόλις, πονηρῶς δὲ αὐτῶν ἐν τῷ βασιλείῳ δικαστηρίῳ διατιθεμένων τὸν λόγον βλέψας ὁ αὐτοκράτωρ ἐς τοὺς τῶν Σμυρναίων ξυνηγόρους ‘οὐ Πολέμων’ εἶπεν ‘τουτουὶ τοῦ ἀγῶνος ξύνδικος ὑμῖν ἀπεδέδεικτο;’ ‘ναί,’ ἔφασαν ‘εἴ γε τὸν σοφιστὴν λέγεις.’ καὶ ὁ αὐτοκράτωρ ‘ἴσως οὖν’ ἔφη ‘καὶ λόγον τινὰ ξυνέγραψεν ὑπὲρ τῶν δικαίων, οἷα δὴ ἐπ᾽ ἐμοῦ τε ἀγωνιούμενος καὶ ὑπὲρ τηλικούτων.’ ‘ἴσως,’ ἔφασαν, ὦ βασιλεῦ, ‘οὐ μὴν ἡμῖν γε εἰδέναι.’ καὶ ἔδωκεν ἀναβολὰς ὁ αὐτοκράτωρ τῇ δίκῃ, ἔστ᾽ ἂν διακομισθῇ ὁ λόγος, ἀναγνωσθέντος δὲ ἐν τῷ δικαστηρίῳ κατ᾽ αὐτὸν ἐψηφίσατο ὁ βασιλεύς, καὶ ἀπῆλθεν ἡ Σμύρνα τὰ πρωτεῖα νικῶσα καὶ τὸν Πολέμωνα αὐτοῖς ἀναβεβιωκέναι φάσκοντες.
Flavii Philostrati Opera, Vol 2. Philostratus the Athenian. Carl Ludwig Kayser. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1871. Keyboarding.
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