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νυνὶ δέ μοι δοκῶ τοῦ προβλήματος ¹ ὥσπερ ἀπὸ σκοπῆς ² καθορᾶν ἐπὶ τὴν σύγκρισιν καὶ τὸν ἀγῶνα τήν τε Τύχην καὶ τὴν Ἀρετὴν βαδιζούσας. ἀλλὰ τῆς μὲν Ἀρετῆς πρᾶόν τε τὸ βάδισμα καὶ τὸ βλέμμα καθεστηκός, ἐπανθεῖ ³ δέ τι καὶ τῷ προσώπῳ πρὸς τὴν ἅμιλλαν ἐρύθημα τῆς φιλοτιμίας. καὶ πολὺ μὲν ὑστερεῖ σπευδούσης τῆς Τύχης, ἄγουσι δ᾽ αὐτὴν καὶ δορυφοροῦσι κατὰ πλῆθος

ἄνδρες ἀρηίφατοι βεβροτωμένα τεύχε᾽ ἔχοντες, ⁴

ἐναντίων τραυμάτων ἀνάπλεῳ, αἷμα συμμεμιγμένον ἱδρῶτι σταλάζοντες, ἡμικλάστοις ἐπιβεβηκότες λαφύροις. βούλεσθε δὲ πυθώμεθα, τίνες ποτ᾽ εἰσὶν οὗτοι; Φαβρίκιοί φασιν εἶναι καὶ Κάμιλλοι καὶ Μούκιοι καὶ Κικιννᾶτοι καὶ Μάξιμοι Φάβιοι καὶ Κλαύδιοι Μάρκελλοι καὶ Σκιπίωνες. ὁρῶ δὲ καὶ Γάιον Μάριον ὀργιζόμενον τῇ Τύχῃ, καὶ Μούκιος ⁵ ἐκεῖ Σκευόλας τὴν φλεγομένην χεῖρα δείκνυσι βοῶν ‘μὴ καὶ ταύτην τῇ Τύχῃ χαρίζῃ;᾽’ καὶ Μάρκος Ὡράτιος ⁶ ἀριστεὺς παραποτάμιος Τυρρηνικοῖς βέλεσι βαρυνόμενος καὶ σκάζοντα μηρὸν παρέχων, ἐκ βαθείας ὑποφθέγγεται δίνης ‘οὐκοῦν κἀγὼ κατὰ τύχην πεπήρωμαι’ τοιοῦτος ὁ τῆς Ἀρετῆς χορὸς πρόσεισιν ἐπὶ τὴν σύγκρισιν,

βριθὺς ⁷ ὁπλιτοπάλας δάιος ἀντιπάλοις.

1 τοῦ προβλήματος] fort. πρὸ τοῦ (aut πρό του) βήματος, ut cum βαδιζούσας iungatur

2 σκοπιῆς Duebnerus Homeri Δ 275. δ 524 memor; sed cf. Vit. Tit. c. 5

3 ἐπανθεῖ Cobetus: παρέχει

4 Hom. λ 41

5 Μούκιοι (aut Λούκιοι) καὶ] Κούριοι καὶ W

6 Μάρκος Ωράτιος Basileensis: πάκιος καὶ μάρκος

7 βριθὺς] Bergk. 2 p. 242

Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1889. 2.

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