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Character of Aristocrates

Aristocrates, the general of the Rhodians, was in appearance a man of mark and striking ability; and
Aristocrates proves a failure in the war with Crete.
the Rhodians, judging from this, believed that they had in him a thoroughly adequate leader and guide in the war.1 But they were disappointed in their expectations: for when he came to the test of experience, like spurious coin when brought to the furnace, he was shown to be a man of quite a different sort. And this was proved by actual facts. . . .

1 This war appears to have arisen from a treacherous attack of the Cretans upon the island of Siphnos. Exc. de Virt. et Vit. p. 588.

Histories. Polybius. Evelyn S. Shuckburgh. translator. London, New York. Macmillan. 1889. Reprint Bloomington 1962.

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