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“14. ταῦτά τε ἅμα ὡς καὶ πάνυ πενόμενος ἐφόνευε,
καί τινα καὶ ἕτερον τοιόνδε χρηματισμὸν ἐπεξεῦρε.
τοὺς γὰρ περιγενομένους τῶν μονομάχων τοῖς τε
ὑπάτοις καὶ τοῖς στρατηγοῖς τοῖς τε ἄλλοις, οὐχ
[2]
ὅτι τοῖς ἐθέλουσιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ πάνυ 1 ἄκοντάς
τινας βιαζόμενος ἐν ταῖς ἱπποδρομίαις καὶ τὰ
τοιαῦτα ποιεῖν, καὶ δὴ καὶ τοῖς ἐπ᾽ αὐτὸ τοῦτο
κληρουμένοις ὅτι μάλιστα ῾δύο γὰρ στρατηγοὺς
ἐς τοὺς ὁπλομαχικοὺς ἀγῶνας, ὥσπερ ποτὲ ἐγίγνετο,
λαγχάνειν ἐκέλευσἐ πάντως ἐπιτιμῶν ἀπεδίδοτο,
αὐτός τε ἐπὶ τοῦ πρατηρίου καθεζόμενος
[3]
καὶ αὐτὸς ὑπερβάλλων. πολλοὶ δὲ καὶ ἄλλοθεν
ἀφικνούμενοι ἀντωνοῦντο αὐτούς, καὶ μάλισθ᾽ ὅτι
ἐπέτρεψε τοῖς βουλομένοις καὶ ὑπὲρ τὸν νόμον τῷ
ἀριθμῷ τῶν μονομαχούντων χρῆσθαι, καὶ πολλάκις
[p. 302]
καὶ αὐτὸς ἐπεφοίτα σφίσιν, ὥσθ᾽ οἱ μὲν καὶ
[4]
δεόμενοι τῶν ἀνθρώπων, οἱ δὲ 2 χαριεῖσθαι αὐτῷ
νομίζοντες, καὶ οἵ γε πλείους, ὅσοι ἐν δόξῃ περιουσίας
ἦσαν, ἀναλῶσαί τι τῶν ὑπαρχόντων ἐπὶ
τῇ προφάσει ταύτῃ, ὅπως πενέστεροι γενόμενοι
περισωθῶσιν, ἐθέλοντες, 3 μεγάλων αὐτοὺς χρημάτων
[5]
ἠγόρασαν. καίτοι τοῦτο ποιήσας ἔπειτα
τούς τε ἀρίστους καὶ τοὺς ἐνδοξοτάτους σφῶν
φαρμάκῳ διέφθειρε. τὸ δ᾽ αὐτὸ τοῦτο καὶ ἐπὶ
τῶν ἵππων τῶν τε ἡνιόχων τῶν ἀντιστασιωτῶν
[6]
ἐποίει. ἰσχυρῶς γὰρ τῷ τὴν βατραχίδα ἐνδύνοντι
καὶ διὰ τοῦτ᾽ ἀπὸ τοῦ χρώματος τοῦ πρασίνου
καλουμένῳ προσέκειτο, ὥστε καὶ νῦν ἔτι Γαϊανὸν
ἐπ᾽ αὐτοῦ τὸ χωρίον ἐν ᾧ τὰ ἅρματα ἤσκει καλεῖσθαι.
[7]
καὶ ἕνα γε τῶν ἵππων, ὃν Ἰγκιτᾶτον
ὠνόμαζε, καὶ ἐπὶ δεῖπνον ἐκάλει, χρυσᾶς τε
αὐτῷ κριθὰς παρέβαλλε, καὶ οἶνον ἐν χρυσοῖς
ἐκπώμασι προύπινε, τήν τε σωτηρίαν αὐτοῦ 4 καὶ
τὴν τύχην ὤμνυε, καὶ προσυπισχνεῖτο καὶ ὕπατον
αὐτὸν ἀποδείξειν. καὶ πάντως ἂν καὶ τοῦτ᾽ ἐπεποιήκει,
εἰ πλείω χρόνον ἐζήκει.
”
Dio's Roman History. Cassius Dio Cocceianus. Earnest Cary. Herbert Baldwin Foster. William Heinemann, Harvard University Press. London; New York. 1914-. Keyboarding.
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