<w lemma="%2A%29%5Ch">Ἢ</w> <w lemma="deikte%2Fon">δεικτέον</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29aristote%2Flhn">Ἀριστοτέλην</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Frti">ἄρτι</w> <w lemma="lo%2Fgon">λόγον</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Alokrw%3Dn">Λοκρῶν</w> <w lemma="ei%29rhko%2Fta">εἰρηκότα</w> <w lemma="xa%2Fritos">χάριτος</w> <w lemma="h%29%5C">ἢ</w> <w lemma="ke%2Frdous">κέρδους</w> <w lemma="h%29%5C">ἢ</w> <w lemma="diafora%3Ds">διαφορᾶς</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Fneken">ἕνεκεν</w> <w lemma="h%29%5C">ἢ</w> <w lemma="mhde%5C">μηδὲ</w> <w lemma="tolmw%3Dntas">τολμῶντας</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dto">τοῦτο</w> <w lemma="le%2Fgein">λέγειν</w> <w lemma="o%28mologhte%2Fon">ὁμολογητέον</w> <w lemma="a%29gnoei%3Dn">ἀγνοεῖν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="parapai%2Fein">παραπαίειν</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="toiau%2Fth%7C">τοιαύτῃ</w> <w lemma="xrwme%2Fnous">χρωμένους</w> <w lemma="a%29pexqei%2Fa%7C">ἀπεχθείᾳ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pikri%2Fa%7C">πικρίᾳ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="pe%2Flas">πέλας</w> <w lemma="oi%28%2Fa%7C">οἵᾳ</w> <w lemma="ke%2Fxrhtai">κέχρηται</w> <w lemma="%2Ati%2Fmaios">Τίμαιος</w> <w lemma="kat%27">κατ᾽</w> <w lemma="%2A%29aristote%2Flous">Ἀριστοτέλους</w>.
<w lemma="fhsi%5C">φησὶ</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cn">αὐτὸν</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dnai">εἶναι</w> <w lemma="qrasu%2Fn">θρασύν</w>, <w lemma="eu%29xerh%3D">εὐχερῆ</w>, <w lemma="propeth%3D">προπετῆ</w>, <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="katatetolmhke%2Fnai">κατατετολμηκέναι</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Alokrw%3Dn">Λοκρῶν</w> <w lemma="po%2Flews">πόλεως</w>, <w lemma="ei%29po%2Fnta">εἰπόντα</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="a%29poiki%2Fan">ἀποικίαν</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dnai">εἶναι</w> <w lemma="drapetw%3Dn">δραπετῶν</w>, <w lemma="oi%29ketw%3Dn">οἰκετῶν</w>, <w lemma="moixw%3Dn">μοιχῶν</w>, <w lemma="a%29ndrapodistw%3Dn">ἀνδραποδιστῶν</w>.
<w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="le%2Fgein">λέγειν</w> <w lemma="au%29to%2Fn">αὐτόν</w> <w lemma="fhsin">φησιν</w> <w lemma="ou%28%2Ftws">οὕτως</w> <w lemma="a%29ciopi%2Fstws">ἀξιοπίστως</w> <w lemma="w%28%2Fste">ὥστε</w> <w lemma="dokei%3Dn">δοκεῖν</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Fna">ἕνα</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29strathghko%2Ftwn">ἐστρατηγηκότων</w> <w lemma="u%28pa%2Frxein">ὑπάρχειν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2Ape%2Frsas">Πέρσας</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="tai%3Ds">ταῖς</w> <w lemma="%2Akiliki%2Fais">Κιλικίαις</w> <w lemma="pu%2Flais">πύλαις</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Frti">ἄρτι</w> <w lemma="parata%2Fcei">παρατάξει</w> <w lemma="nenikhko%2Fta">νενικηκότα</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="au%28tou%3D">αὑτοῦ</w> <w lemma="duna%2Fmews">δυνάμεως</w>,
<w lemma="a%29ll%27">ἀλλ᾽</w> <w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="sofisth%5Cn">σοφιστὴν</w> <w lemma="o%29yimaqh%3D">ὀψιμαθῆ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="mishto%5Cn">μισητὸν</w> <w lemma="u%28pa%2Frxonta">ὑπάρχοντα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="poluti%2Fmhton">πολυτίμητον</w> <w lemma="i%29atrei%3Don">ἰατρεῖον</w> <w lemma="a%29rti%2Fws">ἀρτίως</w> <w lemma="a%29pokekleiko%2Fta">ἀποκεκλεικότα</w>, <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="pa%3Dsan">πᾶσαν</w> <w lemma="au%29lh%5Cn">αὐλὴν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="skhnh%5Cn">σκηνὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29mpephdhko%2Fta">ἐμπεπηδηκότα</w>, <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="gastri%2Fmargon">γαστρίμαργον</w>, <w lemma="o%29yartuth%2Fn">ὀψαρτυτήν</w>, <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="sto%2Fma">στόμα</w> <w lemma="fero%2Fmenon">φερόμενον</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="pa%3Dsi">πᾶσι</w>.
<w lemma="dokei%3D">δοκεῖ</w> <w lemma="dh%2F">δή</w> <w lemma="moi">μοι</w> <w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="toiau%3Dta">τοιαῦτα</w> <w lemma="mo%2Flis">μόλις</w> <w lemma="a%29%5Cn">ἂν</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fnqrwpos">ἄνθρωπος</w> <w lemma="a%29gu%2Frths">ἀγύρτης</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="propeth%5Cs">προπετὴς</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="dikasthri%2Fou">δικαστηρίου</w> <w lemma="r%28iyologw%3Dn">ῥιψολογῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29nekto%5Cs">ἀνεκτὸς</w> <w lemma="fanh%3Dnai:">φανῆναι·</w> <w lemma="me%2Ftrios">μέτριος</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="dokei%3D">δοκεῖ</w>.
<w lemma="suggrafeu%5Cs">συγγραφεὺς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="koinw%3Dn">κοινῶν</w> <w lemma="pra%2Fcewn">πράξεων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="prosta%2Fths">προστάτης</w> <w lemma="i%28stori%2Fas">ἱστορίας</w> <w lemma="a%29lhqino%5Cs">ἀληθινὸς</w> <w lemma="ou%29d%27">οὐδ᾽</w> <w lemma="a%29%5Cn">ἂν</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cs">αὐτὸς</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="au%28tw%3D%7C">αὑτῷ</w> <w lemma="dianohqh%3Dnai">διανοηθῆναι</w> <w lemma="mh%2F">μή</w> <w lemma="ti">τι</w> <w lemma="dh%5C">δὴ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="gra%2Ffein">γράφειν</w> <w lemma="tolmh%2Fsai">τολμήσαι</w> <w lemma="toiou%3Dton">τοιοῦτον</w>.
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<head>Timaeus Criticises Aristotle</head>It must then either be shown that Aristotle's account of Locri was prompted by partiality, corruption, or personal enmity; or, if no one ventures to say that, then it must be acknowledged that those who display such personal animosity and bitterness to others, as Timaeus does to Aristotle, are wrong and ill advised.The epithets which he applies to him are "audacious,"<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note15">The vulgar abuse of Timaeus.</note>"unprincipled," "rash"; and besides, he says that he "has audaciously slandered Locri by affirming that the colony was formed by runaway slaves, adulterers, and man-catchers." Further, he asserts that Aristotle made this statement, "in order that men might believe him to have been one of Alexander's generals, and to have lately conquered the Persians at the Cilician Gates in a pitched battle by his own ability; and not to be a mere pedantic sophist, universally unpopular, who had a short time before shut up that admirable doctor's shop."<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note16">B. C. 333.</note>Again, he says that he "pushed his way into every palace and tent:" and that he was "a glutton and a gourmand, who thought<pb n="88" />only of gratifying his appetite." Now it seems to me that such language as this would be intolerable in an impudent vagabond bandying abuse in a law court; but an impartial recorder of public affairs, and a genuine historian, would not think such things to himself, much less venture to put them in writing.
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