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οὐ πόρρω δὲ τούτου τεταγμένον ἔχει τινὰ χάριν τὸ τῆς ἀντιθέσεως, ὅταν, ἐφ᾽ ᾧ τις ἐγκαλεῖται, τούτου τοὐναντίον
αἰσχρὸν ἀποδεικνύῃ καὶ φαῦλον. ὡς ὁ Λυκοῦργος ἐν Ἀθήναις ἐπὶ τῷ
πεπεικέναι τὸν συκοφάντην ἀργυρίου λοιδορούμενος, ‘εἶτ᾽’ ἔφη
‘ποῖός τις ὑμῖν δοκῶ εἶναι πολίτης, ὃς τοσοῦτον χρόνον τὰ δημόσια
πράττων παρ᾽ ὑμῖν, διδοὺς μᾶλλον ἀδίκως
ἢ λαμβάνων
εἴλημμαι;᾽’ καὶ ὁ Κικέρων, τοῦ Μετέλλου πρὸς αὐτὸν εἰπόντος ὅτι
πλείονας ἀνῄρηκε καταμαρτυρήσας ἢ συνηγορήσας σέσωκε, ‘τίς δ᾽’ εἶπεν
οὔ ‘φησιν ἐν ἐμοὶ πλέον εἶναι πίστεως ἢ δεινότητος;᾽’ καὶ τὰ 1
Δημοσθένους τοιαῦτα τίς ‘δ᾽ οὐκ ἂν 2 ἀπέκτεινέ με δικαίως,
εἴ τι τῶν τῇ πόλει καλῶν ὑπαρχόντων 3 λόγῳ μόνον αἰσχύνειν 4 ἐπεχείρησα;᾽’ καὶ ‘τί ἂν
5 οἴεσθε λέγειν τοὺς μιαροὺς τούτους
ἀνθρώπους, εἰ τότ᾽ ἐμοῦ 6 περὶ τούτων ἀκριβολογουμένου ἀπῆλθον
αἱ πόλεις.;᾽’ καὶ ὅλως ὁ περὶ τοῦ
στεφάνου λόγος εὐφυέστατα ταῖς ἀντιθέσεσι καὶ λύσεσι τῶν αἰτιῶν
ἐπεισάγει τοὺς ἐπαίνους. [p. 402]
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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