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γενομένης δὲ λαμπρᾶς τῆς νίκης οἱ
μὲν Συρακούσιοι τοὺς ξένους ἑκατὸν μναῖς ἐστεφάνωσαν,
οἱ δὲ ξένοι Δίωνα χρυσῷ στεφάνῳ. κήρυκες δὲ παρὰ τοῦ Διονυσίου κατέβαινον
ἐπιστολὰς πρὸς Δίωνα παρὰ τῶν οἰκείων γυναικῶν
κομίζοντες, μία δ᾽ ἦν ἔξωθεν ἐπιγεγραμμένη,
‘τῷ
πατρὶ, παρ᾽ Ἱππαρίνου:’
τοῦτο γὰρ ἦν ὄνομα τῷ Δίωνος υἱῷ.
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καίτοι φησὶ Τίμαιος Ἀρεταῖον αὐτὸν ἀπὸ τῆς μητρὸς Ἀρετῆς καλεῖσθαι: Τιμωνίδῃ δὲ μᾶλλον, ὡς οἴομαι, περί γε τούτων πιστευτέον, ἀνδρὶ φίλῳ καὶ συστρατιώτῃ Δίωνος,
αἱ
μὲν οὖν ἄλλαι τοῖς Συρακουσίοις ἀνεγνώσθησαν ἐπιστολαί πολλὰς ἱκεσίας καὶ δεήσεις ἔχουσαι παρὰ τῶν γυναικῶν, τὴν δὲ παρὰ τοῦ παιδὸς εἶναι δοκοῦσαν οὐκ ἐώντων φανερῶς λυθῆναι βιασάμενος ὁ Δίων ἔλυσεν.
ἦν δὲ
παρὰ τοῦ Διονυσίου, τοῖς μὲν γράμμασι πρὸς τὸν Δίωνα, τοῖς δὲ πράγμασι πρὸς τοὺς Συρακοσίους διαλεγομένου, σχῆμα μὲν ἔχουσα δεήσεως καὶ δικαιολογίας, συγκειμένη δὲ πρὸς διαβολὴν τοῦ Δίωνος,
[3]
ὑπομνήσεις τε γὰρ ἦσαν ὧν ὑπὲρ τῆς τυραννίδος ἔπραξε προθύμως, καὶ κατὰ τῶν φιλτάτων ἀπειλαὶ σωμάτων, ἀδελφῆς καί τέκνου καὶ γυναικός, ἐπισκήψεις τε δειναὶ μετ᾽ ὀλοφυρμῶν, καί τὸ
μάλιστα κινῆσαν αὐτόν, ἀξιοῦντος μὴ καθαιρεῖν, ἀλλὰ παραλαμβάνειν τὴν τυραννίδα, μηδ᾽ ἐλευθεροῦν μισοῦντας ἀνθρώπους καὶ μνησικακοῦντας, ἀλλ᾽ αὐτὸν ἄρχειν, παρέχοντα τοῖς φίλοις καὶ οἰκείοις τὴν ἀσφάλειαν.
Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. 6.
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