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ἐν
τοιούτοις δὲ τοῦ Δίωνος ὄντος, ὁ
Κάλλιππος ἔτι μᾶλλον εἴχετο τῆς ἐπιβουλῆς,
καὶ λόγον εἰς τοὺς Συρακουσίους ἐξέδωκεν ὡς ὁ
Δίων,
ἄπαις γεγονώς, ἔγνωκε τὸν Διονυσίου
καλεῖν Ἀπολλοκράτην καὶ ποιεῖσθαι διάδοχον,
ἀδελφιδοῦν μὲν ὄντα τῆς ἑαυτοῦ γυναικός, θυγατριδοῦν
δὲ τῆς ἀδελφῆς.
ἤδη δὲ καὶ τὸν Δίωνα
καὶ τὰς γυναῖκας ὑπόνοια τῶν πραττομένων εἶχε,
καὶ μηνύσεις ἐγίγνοντο πανταχόθεν.
[2]
ἀλλ᾽ ὁ μὲν Δίων, ὡς ἔοικεν, ἐπὶ τοῖς κατὰ τὸν Ἡρακλείδην ἀχθόμενος, καὶ τὸν φόνον ἐκεῖνον, ὥς τινα τοῦ
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βίου καὶ τῶν πράξεων αὐτῷ κηλῖδα περικειμένην, δυσχεραίνων ἀεὶ καὶ βαρυνόμενος, εἶπεν ὅτι πολλάκις ἤδη θνῄσκειν ἕτοιμός ἐστι καὶ παρέχειν τῷ βουλομένῳ σφάττειν αὐτόν, εἰ ζ̣ῆν δεήσει μὴ μόνον τοὺς ἐχθρούς, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοὺς φίλους φυλαττόμενον.
[3]
τὰς δὲ γυναῖκας ὁρῶν ὁ Κάλλιππος ἐξεταζούσας ἀκριβῶς τὸ πρᾶγμα, καὶ φοβηθείς, ἦλθε πρὸς αὐτὰς ἀρνούμενος καὶ δακρύων καὶ πίστιν ἣν βούλονται διδόναι βουλόμενος.
αἱ δ᾽
ἠξίουν αὐτὸν ὀμόσαι τὸν μέγαν ὅρκον. ἦν δὲ τοιοῦτος: καταβὰς εἰς τὸ τῶν Θεσμοφόρων τέμενος ὁ διδοὺς τὴν πίστιν, ἱερῶν τινων γενομένων, περιβάλλεται τὴν πορφυρίδα τῆς θεοῦ, καὶ λαβὼν δᾷδα καιομένην ἀπόμνυσι.
[4]
ταῦτα ποιήσας ὁ Κάλλιππος πάντα, καὶ τὸν ὅρκον ἀπομόσας, οὕτω κατεγέλασε τῶν θεῶν ὥστε περιμείνας τὴν ἑορτὴν ἧς ὤμοσε θεοῦ, δρᾷ τὸν φόνον ἐν τοῖς Κορείοις, οὐδὲν ἴσως τὸ περὶ τὴν ἡμέραν τῆς θεοῦ ποιησάμενος, ὡς ἀσεβουμένης πάντως, εἰ καὶ κατ᾽ ἄλλον χρόνον ἔσφαττε τὸν μύστην αὐτῆς ὁ μυσταγωγός.
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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