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ταῦτα ἀκούσαντα Δαρεῖον ἡ ταραχὴ καὶ τὸ
πάθος ἐξέφερε πρὸς ὑποψίας ἀτόπους: καὶ τὸν εὐνοῦχον ἐνδοτέρω τῆς
σκηνῆς ἀπαγαγών, ‘εἰ μὴ καὶ σὺ μετὰ τῆς Περσῶν,’
ἔφη, ‘τύχης μακεδονίζεις, ἀλλ᾽ ἔτι σοι δεσπότης ἐγὼ
Δαρεῖος, εἰπέ μοι σεβόμενος Μίθρου τε φῶς μέγα καὶ δεξιὰν βασίλειον,
ἄρα μὴ τὰ μικρότατα τῶν Στατείρας κλαίω κακῶν, οἰκτρότερα δὲ ζώσης
ἐπάσχομεν, καὶ μᾶλλον ἂν κατ᾽ ἀξίαν ἐδυστυχοῦμεν ὠμῷ καὶ σκυθρωπῷ
περιπεσόντες ἐχθρῷ; τί γὰρ εὐπρεπὲς ἀνδρὶ νέῳ πρὸς ἐχθροῦ γυναῖκα
μέχρι 1 τιμῆς τοσαύτης συμβόλαιον;’
Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1919. 7.
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