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τοὺς δὲ γέροντας αὐτὸς μέν, ὡς εἴρηται,
κατέστησε τὸ πρῶτον ἐκ τῶν μετασχόντων τοῦ βουλεύματος: ὕστερον δὲ ἀντὶ
τοῦ τελευτῶντος ἔταξε καθιστάναι τὸν ἄριστον ἀρετῇ κριθέντα τῶν ὑπὲρ
ἑξήκοντα ἔτη γεγονότων, καὶ μέγιστος [p. 284] ἐδόκει τῶν ἐν
ἀνθρώποις ἀγώνων οὗτος εἶναι καὶ περιμαχητότατος: οὐ γὰρ ἐν ταχέσι
τάχιστον οὐδ᾽ ἐν ἰσχυροῖς ἰσχυρότατον, ἀλλ᾽ ἐν ἀγαθοῖς καὶ σώφροσιν
ἄριστον καὶ σωφρονέστατον ἔδει κριθέντα νικητήριον ἔχειν τῆς ἀρετῆς διὰ
βίου τὸ σύμπαν, ὡς εἰπεῖν, κράτος ἐν τῇ πολιτείᾳ, κύριον ὄντα καὶ
θανάτου καὶ ἀτιμίας καὶ ὅλως τῶν μεγίστων, ἐγίνετο δὲ ἡ κρίσις τόνδε
τὸν τρόπον.
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