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Vita di Pericle, VIII, 4 6
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[4] n mn gŒr Youkuddhw tn kaln
ka Žgayn Žndrn, ka pleston Žntepolitesato t Perikle xrnon:
ƒArxid‹mou d to Lakedaimonvn basilvw punyanomnou pteron atw
Periklw palaei bltion, "tan," epen, "g katab‹lv palavn,
kenow Žntilgvn w o pptvke, nik˜ ka metapeyei tow rntaw."
o mn ŽllŒ ka atw Periklw
per tn lgon elabw n, st' Že prw t bma badzvn exeto tow yeow
mhd =ma mhdn kpesen kontow ato prw tn prokeimnhn xrean Žn‹rmoston.
[5] ggrafon mn on odn Žpolloipe
pln tn chfism‹tvn: Žpomnhmoneetai d' lga pant‹pasin: oon t
tn Aginan w lmhn to Peiraiw Žfelen kelesai, ka t tn plemon dh
f‹nai kayorn Žp Peloponnsou prosfermenon. ka pote to Sofoklouw,
te sustrathgn jpleuse met' ato, pada kaln painsantow, "o mnon,"
fh, "tŒw xeraw, Sofkleiw, de kayarŒw xein tn strathgn, ŽllŒ
ka tŒw ceiw." [6] d Sthsmbrotw fhsin ti tow n S‹m teynhktaw gkvmi‹zvn
p to bmatow Žyan‹touw lege gegonnai kay‹per tow yeow: o
gŒr kenouw atow rmen, ŽllŒ taw timaw “w xousi, ka
tow Žgayow “ parxousin, Žyan‹touw enai tekmairmeya: tat'
on p‹rxein ka tow pr tw patrdow Žpoyanosin.