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ἅμα δὲ παρακαλέσας ἄλλον τινὰ τῶν Λακεδαιμονίων, ἄνδρα λέγειν μὲν οὐκ εὐφυᾶ, τὰ δὲ κατὰ πόλεμον λαμπρὸν καὶ πρὸς δικαιοσύνην καὶ ἐγκράτειαν διαφέροντα, ἐπέταξεν αὐτῷ τὰς αὐτὰς εἰπεῖν γνώμας οὕτως ὅπως ἂν δύνηται, ἃς εἶπεν ὁ πρότερος ῥήτωρ, ‘ἵνα,’ ἔφη, ‘οἱ Λακεδαιμόνιοι ἀνδρὸς ἀγαθοῦ φθεγξαμένου ψηφίσωνται, τὰς δὲ τῶν ἀποδεδειλιακότων1 καὶ πονηρῶν ἀνθρώπων φωνὰς μηδὲ τοῖς ὠσὶ προσδέχωνται.’ ταῦθ᾽ ὁ γέρων ὁ ἐκ παιδὸς σεσωφρονηκὼς παρῄνεσε τοῖς ἑαυτοῦ πολίταις. ταχύ γ᾽ ἂν2 Τίμαρχον ἢ τὸν κίναιδον Δημοσθένην εἴασε πολιτεύεσθαι.
1 ἀποδεδειλιακότων Wolf : ὑποδεδειλιακότων MSS.
Aeschines. Aeschines with an English translation by Charles Darwin Adams, Ph.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1919.
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