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ἐκ δὲ τούτου τῆς Σύλλα δυνάμεως ἤδη
μαραινομένης καὶ τῶν οἴκοι καλούντων αὐτόν ἔπλευσεν εἰς Ῥόδον ἐπὶ
σχολὴν πρὸς Ἀπολλώνιον τὸν τοῦ Μόλωνος, οὗ καὶ Κικέρων ἠκρόατο,
σοφιστεύοντος ἐπιφανῶς καὶ τὸν τρόπον ἐπιεικοῦς εἶναι δοκοῦντος, λέγεται
δὲ καὶ φῦναι πρὸς λόγους πολιτικοὺς ὁ Καῖσαρ ἄριστα, καὶ διαπονῆσαι
φιλοτιμότατα τὴν φύσιν, ὡς τὰ δευτερεῖα μὲν ἀδηρίτως ἔχειν, τὸ δὲ
πρωτεῖον, ὅπως τῇ δυνάμει καὶ τοῖς ὅπλοις πρῶτος εἴη μᾶλλον
ἀσχοληθείς, ἀφεῖναι,
[2]
πρὸς ὅπερ ἡ φύσις
ὑφηγεῖτο τῆς ἐν τῷ λέγειν δεινότητος, ὑπὸ στρατειῶν καὶ πολιτείας, ᾗ
κατεκτήσατο τὴν ἡγεμονίαν, οὐκ ἐξικόμενος. αὐτὸς δ᾽ οὖν ὕστερον ἐν τῇ
πρὸς Κικέρωνα περὶ Κάτωνος ἀντιγραφῇ παραιτεῖται μὴ στρατιωτικοῦ λόγον
ἀνδρὸς ἀντεξετάζειν πρὸς [p. 448] δεινότητα ῥήτορος εὐφυοῦς καὶ
σχολὴν ἐπὶ τοῦτο πολλὴν ἄγοντος.
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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