ἀκούειν καὶ Περικλέα ἢ Θεμιστοκλέα. πόθεν; ὁ δὲ καὶ
τοῦτ᾽ ἐσπούδασεν ἐξ ἴσου τοῦτον ἐκείνοις καταστῆσαι. ἔστι
δ᾽ οὐ ταυτὸν, ὦ τᾶν, Ἰφικλῆς τε καὶ Ἡρακλῆς. ἔτι μὴν [p. 391]
πλέον οἶμαι τὸ μέσον Καλλικλέους τε καὶ τούτων: ὥστ᾽
εἰκὸς ἦν τούτων γε φείσασθαι. καὶ γὰρ εἰ μὲν ζώντων
ἐγίγνονθ᾽ οἱ λόγοι, τάχ᾽ ἄν τις ἔφησε νουθεσίας ἕνεκ᾽
αὐτοὺς λέγεσθαι: τεθνεῶσι δ᾽ ἐπιτιμᾶν τίς ὁ καιρός; ὅπου
γὰρ εἰ καὶ ζῶντας ἐλέγχειν ἐβούλετο, οὐκ ἀπόντων γε κατηγορεῖν εἰκὸς ἦν, οὐδὲ πρὸς ἄλλους τινὰς, ἀλλὰ πρὸς
αὐτοὺς λέγειν, ἦ που τό γε παντελῶς οὕτως ἐρήμην ἀγωνίσασθαι ἀωρία. ὁπότε γὰρ καὶ τοὺς οἰκείους τοὺς ἐκείνων αἰδεῖσθαι προσῆκε δι᾽ ἐκείνους, πῶς γε οὐ καὐτοὺς
εἰκὸς ἦν;
ἐνθυμηθῶμεν δὴ καὶ τὸν τοῦ Σόλωνος νόμον ὡς
ἥμερος, μὴ λέγειν κακῶς τὸν τελευτήσαντα, μηδ᾽ ἂν αὐτὸς ἀκούσῃ ὑπὸ τῶν αὐτοῦ παίδων. οὐκοῦν τό γε μήθ᾽
ὑπὸ παίδων, φαίη τις ἂν, μήθ᾽ ὑπ᾽ ἄλλου του τῶν ἐκείνοις προσηκόντων προακούσαντα τοσαύτην σπουδὴν ποιήσασθαι κακοὺς ἀποφῆναι πολὺ τοῦ νόμου τούτου κεχώρισται. καὶ μὴν οὐδ᾽ ἐκεῖνό γ᾽ εἰκὸς ἐναντίον μὲν ἂν τῶν
παίδων ὀκνεῖν αὐτοὺς λοιδορεῖν, ἐν ἅπασι δὲ καὶ ἐκγόνοις καὶ πολίταις καὶ ξένοις τοιαῦτα ψέγειν, καὶ τῶν μὲν
ἐν Σικελίᾳ τετελευτηκότων τοὺς παῖδας αἰδεῖσθαι καὶ περὶ
δωρεῶν αὐτοῖς πολιτεύεσθαι, τῶν δ᾽ εἰς τὰ μέγιστα τῇ
πόλει καὶ τοῖς Ἕλλησιν ὑπαρξάντων μηδὲ τῶν ὀνομάτων
φείσασθαι, καὶ εἰ μὲν εἰκόνας αὐτῶν τοῦ δήμου στήσαντος ἐκίνει, πᾶς ἄν τις ἔφη νεμεσητὸν εἶναι, ἐπεὶ δ᾽ ὃ
τοῦ πλέονος ἄξιον ἦν αὐτοῖς, τὴν δόξαν τὴν ἀγαθὴν
ἀναιρεῖ, τί χρὴ φῆσαι; καὶ ζωγράφος μὲν ἂν ὢν ἐπὶ τὰ
αἰσχίω καὶ γελοιότερ᾽ αὐτοὺς μιμούμενος οὐ καλῶς ἂν
ἐδόκει τὴν τέχνην δεικνύναι: ἐπεὶ δ᾽ ἐν τοῖς λόγοις ἐπὶ τὰ [p. 392]
φαυλότατ᾽ ἐξηγεῖται καὶ τὰς ἀληθεῖς εἰκόνας αὐτῶν τῆς
διανοίας διαφθείρει καὶ τοῖς μηδὲν προσήκουσιν ὁμοιοῖ,
πῶς εἰκός ἐστι συνήδεσθαι; καὶ εἰ μὲν ἐπ᾽ εἰκόνων ἢ
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Aristides, Aelius. Aristides. ex recensione Guilielmi Dindorfii. Leipzig. Weidmann. 1829. 1-2.
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