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Τάχα δὲ καὶ ὁ εὐφημισμὸς καλούμενος μετέχοι τῆς δεινότητος, καὶ ὁ τὰ δύσφημα εὔφημα ποιῶν, καὶ τὰ ἀσεβήματα εὐσεβήματα, οἷον ὡς ὁ τὰς Νίκας τὰς χρυσᾶς χωνεύειν κελεύων καὶ καταχρῆσθαι τοῖς χρήμασιν εἰς τὸν πόλεμον οὐχ οὕτως εἶπεν προχείρως, ὅτι ῾κατακόψωμεν τὰς Νίκας εἰς τὸν πόλεμον:᾿ δύσφημον γὰρ ἂν οὕτως καὶ λοιδοροῦντι ἐοικὸς ἦν τὰς θεάς, ἀλλ̓ εὐφημότερον, ὅτι ῾συγχρησόμεθα ταῖς Νίκαις εἰς τὸν πόλεμον:᾿ οὐ γὰρ κατακόπτοντι τὰς Νίκας ἔοικεν οὕτως ῥηθέν, ἀλλὰ συμμάχους μεταποιοῦντι. [p. 196]
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