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ὁ νεανίας δὲ τῆς μὲν τιμῆς παρεχώρει καθ᾽
ἡλικίαν ἐκείνῳ καὶ μόνου ἐξίστατο τοῦ τῆς ἀρχῆς ὀνόματος, τὸ δ᾽ ἔργον τῆς τυραννίδος
καὶ τὲ κεφάλαιον αὐτὸς ἦν, καὶ τὸ μὲν πιστὸν καὶ ἀσφαλὲς ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ παρεῖχε τῇ δυναστείᾳ,
τὴν δὲ ἀπόλαυσιν μόνος ἐκαρποῦτο τῶν ἀδικημάτων. ἐκεῖνος ἦν ὁ τοὺς δορυφόρους συνέχων,
ὁ τὴν φρουρὰν κρατύνων, ὁ τοὺς τυραννουμένους φοβῶν,^ ὁ τοὺς ἐπιβουλεύοντας ἐκκόπτων,^ ἐκεῖνος
ὁ τοὺς ἐφήβους ἀνασπῶν, ὁ ἐνυβρίζων τοῖς γάμοις: ἐκείνῳ αἱ παρθένοι ἀνήγοντο, καὶ εἴ τινες
σφαγαὶ καὶ εἴ τινες καὶ χρημάτων ἀφαιρέσεις καὶ βάσανοι καὶ ὕβρεις, πάντα ταῦτα τολμήματα
ἦν νεανικά. ὁ γέρων δὲ ἐκείνῳ ^ ἠκολούθει καὶ
[p. 450] συνηδίκει καὶ ἐπῄνει μόνον τὰ τοῦ παιδὸς ἀδικήματα, καὶ τὸ πρᾶγμα ἡμῖν ἀφόρητον καθειστήκει: ὅταν γὰρ αἱ τῆς γνώμης ἐπιθυμίαι τὴν ἐκ τῆς ἀρχῆς ἐξουσίαν προσλάβωσιν, οὐδένα ὅρον ποιοῦνται τῶν ἀδικημάτων.
Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1936. 5.
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