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ἦν δέ τις Ἀθηνοφάνης Ἀθηναῖος τῶν περὶ ἄλειμμα
καὶ λουτρὸν εἰωθότων τὸ σῶμα θεραπεύειν τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ τὴν διάνοιαν
ἐμμελῶς ἀπάγειν ἐπὶ τὸ ῥᾴθυμον. οὗτος ἐν τῷ λουτρῶνι τότε παιδαρίου
τῷ Ἀλεξάνδρῳ [p. 330] παρεστῶτος εὐτελοῦς σφόδρα καὶ γελοίου τὴν
ὄψιν, ᾁδοντος δὲ χαριέντως, Στέφανος ἐκαλεῖτο, ‘βούλει,’ φησὶν, ‘ὦ βασιλεῦ, διάπειραν ἐν
Στεφάνῳ τοῦ φαρμάκου λάβωμεν; ἂν γὰρ ἅψηται τούτου καὶ μὴ
κατασβεσθῇ, παντάπασιν ἂν φαίην ἄμαχον καὶ δεινὴν αὐτοῦ τὴν δύναμιν
εἶναι.’
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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