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1. ἦν δὲ
καὶ Σόλων πατρὸς μὲν Ἐξηκεστίδου, τὸ γένος ἐκ Σαλαμῖνος τῆς
Ἀττικῆς, σοφίᾳ δὲ καὶ παιδείᾳ πάντας τοὺς καθ᾽ ἑαυτὸν
ὑπερβεβληκώς. φύσει δὲ πρὸς ἀρετὴν τῶν ἄλλων πολὺ διαφέρων
ἐζήλωσεν ἀρετὴν ἐπαινουμένην: πᾶσι γὰρ τοῖς μαθήμασι πολὺν χρόνον
ἐνδιατρίψας ἀθλητὴς ἐγένετο πάσης ἀρετῆς.
[2]
κατὰ μὲν γὰρ τὴν τοῦ παιδὸς ἡλικίαν παιδευταῖς
ἐχρήσατο τοῖς ἀρίστοις, ἀνδρωθεὶς δὲ συνδιέτριψε τοῖς μεγίστην
ἔχουσι δύναμιν ἐπὶ φιλοσοφίᾳ. διὸ καὶ τούτοις ὁμιλῶν καὶ
συνδιατρίβων ὠνομάσθη μὲν εἷς τῶν ἑπτὰ σοφῶν καὶ τὸ πρωτεῖον τῆς
συνέσεως οὐ μόνον παρὰ τούτοις τοῖς ἀνδράσιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ παρὰ πᾶσι
τοῖς θαυμαζομένοις ἀπηνέγκατο.
[3]
ὅτι ὁ αὐτὸς Σόλων, ἐν τῇ νομοθεσίᾳ μεγάλην
δόξαν περιποιησάμενος, ἐν ταῖς ἰδιωτικαῖς ὁμιλίαις καὶ ἀποκρίσεσιν,
ἔτι δὲ συμβουλίαις, θαυμαστὸς ἐτύγχανε διὰ τὴν ἐν παιδείᾳ προκοπήν.
[4]
ὅτι ὁ
αὐτὸς Σόλων, τὴν ὅλην ἀγωγὴν τῆς πόλεως ἐχούσης Ἰωνικήν, καὶ
διὰ τὴν τρυφὴν καὶ τὴν ῥᾳστώνην ἐκτεθηλυμμένων τῶν ἀνθρώπων,
μετέθηκε τῇ συνηθείᾳ πρὸς ἀρετὴν καὶ ζῆλον τῶν ἀνδρείων πράξεων.
διὸ τῇ τούτου νομοθεσίᾳ καθοπλισθέντες τὰς ψυχὰς Ἁρμόδιος καὶ
Ἀριστογείτων καταλύειν ἐπεχείρησαν τὴν τῶν Πεισιστρατιδῶν
ἀρχήν.Const. Exc. 2 (1), p. 217.
Diodorus Siculus. Diodorus of Sicily in Twelve Volumes with an English Translation by C. H. Oldfather. Vol. 4-8. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989.
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