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ταῦτα πρὸς τὸν Μέτελλον εἰπών ἐβάδιζε
πρὸς τὰς θύρας τοῦ ταμιείου, μὴ φαινομένων δὲ τῶν κλειδῶν χαλκεῖς
μεταπεμψάμενος ἐκκόπτειν ἐκέλευεν αὖθις δὲ ἐνισταμένου τοῦ Μετέλλου καί
τινων ἐπαινούντων, διατεινάμενος ἠπείλησεν ἀποκτενεῖν αὐτόν, εἰ μὴ
παύσαιτο παρενοχλῶν. ‘καί τοῦτο,’ ἔφη, ‘μειράκιον, οὐκ ἀγνοεῖς ὅτι μοι δυσκολώτερον ἦν
εἰπεῖν ἢ πρᾶξαι’ οὗτος ὁ λόγος τότε καί Μέτελλον ἀπελθεῖν
ἐποίησε καταδείσαντα καί τὰ ἄλλα ῥᾳδίως αὐτῷ καί ταχέως ὑπηρετεῖσθαι
πρὸς τὸν πόλεμον.
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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