πάντες, εἴπερ ὑμᾶς αὐτοὺς προὔργου ποιεῖσθε. οὐκοῦν
ἄτοπον καὶ τῷ λυσιτελεῖ πολεμοῦν παρ᾽ οὗ μὲν δόξα
καὶ κέρδος ὑμῖν, τοῦτ᾽ εἰσφέροντας τουτουσὶ μὴ θαυμάζειν μηδὲ τοῖς ἴσοις τιμᾶν, παρ᾽ οὗ δὲ μηδ᾽ ἡτισοῦν
ὄνησίς ἐστι, μὴ τοῦτο ποιοῦντας κακίζειν, καὶ τὴν οὐδὲν
ἔχουσαν κέρδος λειτουργίαν περὶ πλείονος ἄγειν τῆς θαυμαστῆς αὐτῶν ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν προαιρέσεως: ἣν, ὦ ἄνδρες
Ἀθηναῖοι, μὴ σφῶν αὐτῶν καταψεύδεσθαι δόξωσιν,
ἀκίνητα βούλονται σφίσιν αὐτοῖς παντάπασι καθεστάναι
τὰ ἆθλα, οὐ τούτων, ὡς ἐγᾦμαι, τοσοῦτον δεόμενοι,
ὅσον τοῦ καλοὶ κἀγαθοὶ δοκεῖν ἅπασιν εἶναι; μᾶλλον
δὲ διὰ τὸ βούλεσθαι καλοὶ κἀγαθοὶ δοκεῖν ἅπασιν εἶναι
τουτωνὶ δέονται δή που, εὖ εἰδότες ὡς εἰ καὶ τὸ καλοὺς
κἀγαθοὺς αὐτοὺς γεγενῆσθαι αἰτιώτατον σφίσι τοῦ γερῶν ἠξιῶσθαι, ὡς ἐὰν μὴ τοῦτο παρῇ, οὐδ᾽ ἂν τουτὶ
γεγονός. ἀλλ᾽ ἐπεὶ τὸ γερῶν ἠξιῶσθαι καλοὺς κἀγαθοὺς δείκνυσι μᾶλλον, καὶ γνωριμωτέρους καθίστησι
πᾶσι, καθάπερ τοὺς Ὀλυμπιονίκας οἱ πομπικοὶ
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Aristides, Aelius. Aristides. ex recensione Guilielmi Dindorfii. Leipzig. Weidmann. 1829. 1-2.
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