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2. ´> ἕνεκα μὲν οὖν τῶν γραφέντων ἀναίτιος ἦν, ὥστε μηδὲ 1 διᾶραι τὸ στόμα ὑπεναντίον οἱ μηδένα τολμῆσαι: καὶ γὰρ προανέγνω αὐτὰ ἐν τῇ βουλῇ, καὶ ὀνομαστὶ ἕνα ἕκαστον αὐτῶν ἀνακαλῶν ἐπηρώτησε μή τί τις αἰτιᾶται, μεταγράψειν ἢ καὶ παντελῶς ἀπαλείψειν, εἴ γέ τῳ μὴ ἀρέσειέ τι, [2] ὑποσχόμενος. τὸ δὲ δὴ σύμπαν καὶ πάνυ πάντες οἱ δυνατοὶ οἵ γε ἔξω τῆς συνωμοσίας ὄντες ἐδυσχέραινον. καὶ αὐτό γε τοῦτο αὐτοὺς ἐς τὰ μάλιστα ἐλύπει, ὅτι τοιαῦτα συγγεγραφὼς ἦν ὥστε μήτε τινὰ 2 αἰτίαν δύνασθαι λαβεῖν καὶ [3] πάντας σφᾶς βαρύνειν: ὑπώπτευον γὰρ αὐτόν, ἐφ᾽ ᾧπέρ που καὶ ἐγίγνετο, τό τε πλῆθος ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν ἀναρτήσεσθαι καὶ ὄνομα καὶ ἰσχὺν καὶ ἐπὶ πάντας ἀνθρώπους ἕξειν. καὶ διὰ τοῦτο, εἰ καὶ μηδείς οἱ ἀντέλεγεν, ἀλλ᾽ οὔτι γε καὶ 3 συνεπῄνουν. τοῖς μὲν δὴ οὖν ἄλλοις ἐξήρκει τοῦτο, καὶ ἐπηγγέλλοντο 4 μὲν ἀεὶ αὐτῷ προβουλεύσειν, ἐποίουν δὲ οὐδέν, ἀλλὰ διατριβαὶ καὶ ἀναβολαὶ τὴν

1 mhde\ v. Hers., mh\ L.

2 mh/te tina\ Bk., mhde/na L.

3 ou)/ti ge kai\ Dind., ou)/toi kai\ L.

4 e)phgge/llonto H. Steph., e)phgge/lleto L.

Dio's Roman History. Cassius Dio Cocceianus. Earnest Cary. Herbert Baldwin Foster. William Heinemann, Harvard University Press. London; New York. 1914-. Keyboarding.

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