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‘ Μίλητον ἔθεον. ὡς δὲ ὑπήχθησαν ἡδονῇ καὶ τρυφῇ, κατερρύη τὸ τῆς πόλεως ἀνδρεῖον, φησὶν ὁ Ἀριστοτέλης, καὶ παροιμία τις ἐγεννήθη ἐπ᾽ αὐτῶν ‘ πάλαι ποτ᾽ ἦσαν ἄλκιμοι Μιλήσιοι.’ Ἡρακλείδης δ᾽ ὁ Ποντικὸς ἐν δευτέρῳ περὶ Δικαιοσύνης φησίν ‘ἡ Μιλησίων πόλις περιπέπτωκεν ἀτυχίαις διὰ τρυφὴν βίου καὶ πολιτικὰς ἔχθρας: οἳ τὸ ἐπιεικὲς οὐκ ἀγαπῶντες ἐκ ῥιζῶν ἀνεῖλον τοὺς ἐχθρούς.
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