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ὁ δὲ Ἀλέξανδρος γελάσας, ‘κενοῦ γε,’ εἶπεν, ‘ἐγὼ δέ σοι
μεστὸν ἀκράτου προπίομαι.’ τῶν δὲ πολλῶν τις Μακεδόνων ἤλαυνεν
ἡμίονον βασιλικὸν χρυσίον κομίζοντα: κάμνοντος δὲ τοῦ κτήνους αὐτὸς
ἀράμενος ἐκόμιζε τὸ φορτίον. ἰδὼν οὖν ὁ βασιλεὺς θλιβόμενον αὐτὸν
σφόδρα καὶ πυθόμενος τὸ πρᾶγμα, μέλλοντος κατατίθεσθαι, ‘μὴ κάμῃς,’ εἶπεν, ‘ἀλλὰ [p. 340] πρόσθες ἔτι τὴν λοιπὴν ὁδὸν ἐπὶ τὴν σκηνήν ἑαυτῷ 1
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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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