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ταύτης ἀδελφὸς ὢν ὁ Δίων ἐν ἀρχῇ μὲν εἶχε τιμὴν ἀπὸ τῆς ἀδελφῆς, ὕστερον δὲ τοῦ
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φρονεῖν διδοὺς πεῖραν, ἤδη καθ᾽ ἑαυτὸν ἠγαπᾶτο
παρὰ τῷ τυράννῳ,
καὶ πρὸς ἅπασι τοῖς ἄλλοις
εἴρητο τοῖς ταμίαις ὅ τι ἂν αἰτῇ Δίων διδόναι,
δόντας δὲ πρὸς αὐτὸν αὐθημερὸν φράζειν.
ὢν δὲ
καὶ πρότερον ὑψηλὸς τῷ ἤθει καὶ μεγαλόφρων
καὶ ἀνδρώδης, ἔτι μᾶλλον ἐπέδωκε πρὸς ταῦτα
θείᾳ τινὶ τύχῃ Πλάτωνος εἰς Σικελίαν παραβαλόντος,
Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. 6.
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