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[107] This is a famous line. Plutarch (Alex. liv. p. 695 E) says that Kallisthenes used it to warn Alexander in the height of his glory; on hearing which Aristotle remarked “ὅτι Καλλισθένης λόγωι μὲν ἦν δυνατὸς καὶ μέγας, νοῦν δὲ οὐκ εἶχεν”. Still better known is Lucretius' adaptation “Ipse Epicurus obit . . tu vero dubitabis et indignabere obire?” (iii. 1054) .

The Iliad, edited, with apparatus criticus, prolegomena, notes, and appendices. Walter Leaf. London. Macmillan. 1900.

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