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πηγαὶ δὲ αὐτῷ τοῦ πλούτου πολλαὶ μὲν κἀκ πολλῶν οἴκων, μέγισται δὲ ἥ τε πατρῴα καὶ ἡ μητρόθεν. ὁ μὲν γὰρ πάππος αὐτοῦ Ἵππαρχος ἐδημεύθη τὴν οὐσίαν ἐπὶ τυραννικαῖς αἰτίαις, ἃς Ἀθηναῖοι μὲν οὐκ ἐπῆγον, ὁ δὲ αὐτοκράτωρ οὐκ ἠγνόησεν, Ἀττικὸν δὲ τὸν μὲν ἐκείνου παῖδα, Ἡρώδου δὲ πατέρα οὐ περιεῖδεν ἡ Τύχη πένητα ἐκ πλουσίου γενόμενον, ἀλλ᾽ ἀνέδειξεν αὐτῷ θησαυροῦ χρῆμα ἀμύθητον ἐν μιᾷ τῶν οἰκιῶν, ἃς πρὸς τῷ θεάτρῳ ἐκέκτητο, οὗ διὰ μέγεθος εὐλαβὴς μᾶλλον ἢ περιχαρὴς γενόμενος ἔγραψε πρὸς τὸν αὐτοκράτορα ἐπιστολὴν ὧδε ξυγκειμένην: ‘θησαυρόν, ὦ βασιλεῦ, ἐπὶ τῆς ἐμαυτοῦ οἰκίας εὕρηκα: τί οὖν περὶ αὐτοῦ κελεύεις;’ καὶ ὁ αὐτοκράτωρ, Νερούας δὲ ἦρχε τότε, ‘χρῶ’ ἔφη ‘οἷς εὕρηκας.’ τοῦ δὲ Ἀττικοῦ ἐπὶ τῆς αὐτῆς εὐλαβείας μείναντος καὶ γράψαντος ὑπὲρ ἑαυτὸν εἶναι τὰ τοῦ [p. 57] θησαυροῦ μέτρα ‘καὶ παραχρῶ’ ἔφη ‘τῷ ἑρμαίῳ, σὸν γάρ ἐστιν.’ ἐντεῦθεν μέγας μὲν ὁ Ἀττικός, μείζων δὲ ὁ Ἡρώδης, πρὸς γὰρ τῷ πατρῴῳ πλούτῳ καὶ ὁ μητρῷος αὐτῷ πλοῦτος οὐ παρὰ πολὺ τούτου ἐπερρύη.
Flavii Philostrati Opera, Vol 2. Philostratus the Athenian. Carl Ludwig Kayser. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1871. Keyboarding.
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