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Τιμόθεον τὰ μὲν πρῶτα ἐπῄνουν Ἀθηναῖοι: ἐπεὶ δὲ ἔδοξεν ἁμαρτεῖν ἃ ἔδοξεν, ἡ φθάνουσα αὐτὸν ἀνδραγαθία ἀλλ᾽ οὐδὲ ὀλίγον ἔσωσεν, οὐδὲ μὴν αἱ τῶν προγόνων ἀρεταί. Θεμιστοκλῆς δὲ οὐδὲν ὤνητο οὔτε ἐκ τῆς ναυμαχίας τῆς περὶ Σαλαμῖνα οὔτε ἐκ τῆς πρεσβείας τῆς ἐς Σπάρτην: λέγω δὲ ἣν ἐπρέσβευσε κλέπτων τὴν τῶν Ἀθηναίων τείχισιν. ἔφυγε γὰρ κἀκεῖνος οὐ τὰς Ἀθήνας μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν Ἑλλάδα πᾶσαν. καὶ Παυσανίαν δὲ τὸν Λακεδαιμόνιον οὐδὲν ὤνησεν ἡ ἐν Πλαταιαῖς νίκη: ὑπὲρ δὲ ὧν ἐν Βυζαντίῳ ἐκαινούργει, ὑπὲρ τούτων διέφθειρε καὶ τὴν χάριν τὴν ἐπὶ τοῖς πρώτοις. Φωκίωνα δὲ ἡ εὐφημία ἡ καλοῦσα αὐτὸν Χρηστὸν οὐδὲν ὠφέλησεν, οὐδὲ τὰ πέντε καὶ ἑβδομήκοντα ἔτη, ἅπερ οὖν διεβίωσεν, οὐδὲν ἀδικήσας τοὺς Ἀθηναίους ἔμβραχυ: ἐπεὶ δὲ ἔδοξεν Ἀντιπάτρῳ τὸν Πειραιᾶ προδιδόναι, Ἀθηναῖοι κατέγνωσαν αὐτοῦ θάνατον.
Claudii Aeliani de natura animalium libri xvii, varia historia, epistolae, fragmenta, Vol 2. Aelian. Rudolf Hercher. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1866. Keyboarding.
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