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ἤδη δὲ τῆς ἀρχῆς αὑτοῖς
τελευτώσης ἔτυχον μὲν ἐκκλησιάζοντες, ἀνὴρ δέ
τις οὐ τῶν ἐπιφανῶν, ἱππεὺς Ῥωμαίων, ἀγροῖκος
δὲ τῷ βίῳ καὶ ἰδιώτης, Ὀνότιος1 Αὐρήλιος,
ἀναβὰς ἐπὶ τὸ βῆμα καὶ προελθὼν2 ὄψιν διηγεῖτο
κατὰ τοὺς ὕπνους αὐτῷ γενομένην. ‘ὁ γὰρ
[p. 352]
Ζεύς,’ ἔφη, ‘μοι φανεὶς προσέταξεν εἰς κοινὸν εἰπεῖν ὅπως μὴ πρότερον περιίδητε τοὺς ὑπάτους ἀποθέσθαι τὴν ἀρχὴν ἢ φίλους γενέσθαι.’
Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1916. 3.
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