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ἐδόκει δ᾽ ἀκόλαστος ἡ μήτηρ εἶναι τοῦ
Νέπωτος, αὐτὸς δέ τις εὐμετάβολος. καί ποτε τὴν δημαρχίαν ἀπολιπὼν ἄφνω
πρὸς Πομπήϊον ἐξέπλευσεν εἰς Συρίαν, εἶτ᾽ ἐκεῖθεν ἐπανῆλθεν
ἀλογώτερον. θάψας δὲ Φίλαγρον τὸν καθηγητὴν ἐπιμελέστερον ἐπέστησεν
αὐτοῦ τῷ τάφῳ κόρακα λίθινον καί ὁ Κικέρων: ‘τοῦτ᾽,’ ἔφη ‘σοφώτερον ἐποίησας: πέτεσθαι γάρ
σε μᾶλλον ἢ λέγειν ἐδίδαξεν.’
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