33. ὅτι οἱ
πονηροὶ κἂν αὐτίκα παρὰ τῶν ἀδικηθέντων τὴν τιμωρίαν ἐκκλίνωσιν,
ἥ γε βλασφημία δι᾽ αἰῶνος τηρουμένη καὶ τελευτήσαντας αὐτοὺς κατὰ τὸ
δυνατὸν μετέρχεται.
[2]
ὅτι φασὶ τὸν Κροῖσον πρὸ τοῦ πρὸς Κῦρον πολέμου
πέμψαι θεωροὺς εἰς Δελφοὺς ἐπερωτήσοντας, πῶς ἂν ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ
δύναιτο φωνὴν προέσθαι. τὴν δὲ Πυθίαν εἰπεῖν,“
Λυδὲ γένος, πολλῶν βασιλεῦ, μέγα νήπιε Κροῖσε,
μὴ βούλου πολύευκτον ἰὰν κατὰ δώματ᾽ ἀκούειν
παιδὸς φθεγγομένου: τὸ δέ σοι πολὺ λώιον ἀμφὶς
ἔμμεναι: αὐδήσει γὰρ ἐν ἤματι πρῶτον ἀνόλβῳ.
”
[3]
ὅτι δεῖ τὴν
εὐτυχίαν μετρίως φέρειν καὶ μὴ πεποιθέναι ταῖς ἀνθρωπίναις
εὐπραξίαις ἐν μικρᾷ ῥοπῇ μεγάλας μεταβολὰς λαμβανούσαις.
[4]
ὅτι μετὰ τὸ
γενέσθαι αἰχμάλωτον Κροῖσον καὶ τὴν πυρὰν σβεσθῆναι, ἰδὼν τὴν πόλιν
διαρπαζομένην καὶ πρὸς τοῖς ἄλλοις πολὺν ἄργυρόν τε καὶ χρυσὸν
διαφορούμενον, ἐπηρώτησε τὸν Κῦρον, τί ποιοῦσιν οἱ στρατιῶται. τοῦ
δὲ μετὰ γέλωτος ἀποκριθέντος, τὰ σὰ χρήματα διαρπάζουσι. μὰ Δία μὲν
οὖν, εἶπεν, ἀλλὰ τὰ σά: Κροίσου γὰρ ἴδιον οὐκέτι οὐθὲν
ὑπάρχει. ὁ δὲ Κῦρος θαυμάσας τὸν λόγον εὐθὺς μετενόησε καὶ τοὺς
στρατιώτας ἀνείρξας τῆς διαρπαγῆς εἰς τὸ βασιλικὸν ἀνέλαβε τὰς τῶν
Σαρδιανῶν κτήσεις.Const. Exc. 4, pp. 290-291.
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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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