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ἀλλ᾽ ἐν Σπάρτῃ γυμναστικός,
εὐτελής, σκυθρωπός, ἐν Ἰωνίᾳ χλιδανός, ἐπιτερπής,
ῥᾴθυμος, ἐν Θράκῃ μεθυστικός, ἐν Θετταλοῖς
ἱππαστικός, Τισαφέρνῃ δὲ τῷ σατράπῃ συνὼν
ὑπερέβαλεν ὄγκῳ καὶ πολυτελείᾳ τὴν Περσικὴν
μεγαλοπρέπειαν, οὐχ αὑτὸν ἐξιστὰς οὕτω ῥᾳδίως εἰς
ἕτερον ἐξ ἑτέρου τρόπον, οὐδὲ πᾶσαν δεχόμενος τῷ
ἤθει μεταβολήν, ἀλλ᾽ ὅτι τῇ φύσει χρώμενος ἔμελλε
λυπεῖν τοὺς ἐντυγχάνοντας, εἰς πᾶν ἀεὶ τὸ πρόσφορον
ἐκείνοις σχῆμα καὶ πλάσμα κατεδύετο καὶ κατέφευγεν.
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