Plutarch, De Heroditi malignate, ed. Grēgorios N. Vernardakēs, 2

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[2] πρῶτον μὲν οὖν ὁ τοῖς δυσχερεστάτοις ὀνόμασι καὶ ῥήμασιν, ἐπιεικεστέρων παρόντων, ἐν τῷ λέγειν τὰ πεπραγμένα χρώμενος ʽὥσπερ εἰ θειασμῷ 15 προσκείμενον ἄγαν ἐξὸν εἰπεῖν τὸν Νικίαν ὁ δὲ θεόληπτον προσείποι, ἢ θρασύτητα καὶ μανίαν Κλέωνος μᾶλλον ἢ κουφολογίανʼ οὐκ εὐμενής ἐστιν, ἀλλʼ οἷον ἀπολαύων τῷ σοφῶς διηγεῖσθαι τοῦ πράγματος. 20

De Heroditi malignate. Plutarch. ed. Grēgorios N. Vernardakēs. Leipzig. 1893.

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Περὶ τῆς Ἡροδότου κακοηθείας (Greek) (Plutarch. Plutarchi Chaeronensis Moralia, Vol. V. Vernardakēs, Grēgorios N., editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1893.)

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Of Herodotus's Malice. Perseus (Plutarch. Plutarch's Morals, Vol. IV. Goodwin, William W., editor; A.G., translator. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company; Cambridge: Press of John Wilson and Son, 1874.) — 2 focus

[2] First then, whoever in relating a story shall use the most odious terms when gentler expressions might do as well, is not to be esteemed impartial, but an enjoyer of his own fancy, in putting the worst construction on things; as if any one, instead of saying Nicias is too much given to superstition, should call him fanatic, or should accuse Cleon of presumption and madness rather than of inconsiderateness in speech.

Plutarch De Heroditi malignate 2

ed. Grēgorios N. Vernardakēs

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