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Plutarch, Aristides, 25.7-25.8


μεγάλα δʼ αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ πρὸς Θεμιστοκλέα τῆς ἐπιεικείας σημεῖα. χρησάμενος γὰρ αὐτῷ παρὰ πᾶσαν ὁμοῦ τὴν πολιτείαν ἐχθρῷ καὶ διʼ ἐκεῖνον ἐξοστρακισθείς, ἐπεὶ τὴν αὐτὴν λαβὴν παρέσχεν ὁ ἀνὴρ ἐν αἰτίᾳ γενόμενος πρὸς τὴν πόλιν, οὐκ ἐμνησικάκησεν, ἀλλʼ Ἀλκμαίωνος καὶ Κίμωνος καὶ πολλῶν ἄλλων ἐλαυνόντων καὶ κατηγορούντων μόνος Ἀριστείδης οὔτʼ ἔπραξεν οὔτʼ εἶπέ τι φαῦλον, οὐδʼ ἀπέλαυσεν ἐχθροῦ δυστυχοῦντος, ὥσπερ οὐδʼ εὐημεροῦντι πρότερον ἐφθόνησε. There are also strong proofs of his reasonableness to be seen in his treatment of Themistocles. This man he had found to be his foe during almost all his public service, and it was through this man that he was ostracized; but when Themistocles was in the same plight, and was under accusation before the city, Aristides remembered no evil; nay, though Alcmeon and Cimon and many others denounced and persecuted the man, Aristides alone did and said no meanness, nor did he take any advantage of his enemy's misfortune, just as formerly he did not grudge him his prosperity. 26
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1. Hesiod, Works And Days, 288-297, 299-309, 312-319, 287 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

287. Perses, remember this, serve righteousne
2. Xenophon, Memoirs, 1.2.1, 2.1.26, 2.1.29, 2.1.33 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

1.2.1. No less wonderful is it to me that some believed the charge brought against Socrates of corrupting the youth. In the first place, apart from what I have said, in control of his own passions and appetites he was the strictest of men; further, in endurance of cold and heat and every kind of toil he was most resolute; and besides, his needs were so schooled to moderation that having very little he was yet very content. 2.1.26. Now when Heracles heard this, he asked, Lady, pray what is your name? My friends call me Happiness, she said, but among those that hate me I am nicknamed Vice. 2.1.29. And Vice, as Prodicus tells, answered and said: Heracles, mark you how hard and long is that road to joy, of which this woman tells? but I will lead you by a short and easy road to happiness. And Virtue said: 2.1.33. To my friends meat and drink bring sweet and simple enjoyment: for they wait till they crave them. And a sweeter sleep falls on them than on idle folk: they are not vexed at awaking from it, nor for its sake do they neglect to do their duties. The young rejoice to win the praise of the old; the elders are glad to be honoured by the young; with joy they recall their deeds past, and their present well-doing is joy to them, for through me they are dear to the gods, lovely to friends, precious to their native land. And when comes the appointed end, they lie not forgotten and dishonoured, but live on, sung and remembered for all time. O Heracles, thou son of goodly parents, if thou wilt labour earnestly on this wise, thou mayest have for thine own the most blessed happiness.
3. Xenophon, Symposium, 4.34 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

4.34. Come, now, Antisthenes, said Socrates , take your turn and tell us how it is that with such slender means you base your pride on wealth. Because, sirs, I conceive that people’s wealth and poverty are to be found not in their real estate but in their hearts.
4. Plutarch, Aristides, 25.8 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)



Subjects of this text:

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andokides, genos, herms/mysteries Humphreys, Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis (2018) 466
apollodoros son of pasion, liturgies Humphreys, Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis (2018) 466
aristeides Leemans et al, Longing for Perfection in Late Antiquity: Studies on Journeys between Ideal and Reality in Pagan and Christian Literature (2023) 244
aristotle Leemans et al, Longing for Perfection in Late Antiquity: Studies on Journeys between Ideal and Reality in Pagan and Christian Literature (2023) 244
daimones, and socrates Wolfsdorf, Early Greek Ethics (2020) 181
euboulos Humphreys, Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis (2018) 466
eudaimonia/-ē Wolfsdorf, Early Greek Ethics (2020) 181
eudaimonism, socratic Wolfsdorf, Early Greek Ethics (2020) 181
half-siblings, patrilateral, cross-sex Humphreys, Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis (2018) 125
kallias ii Humphreys, Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis (2018) 466
kerykes Humphreys, Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis (2018) 125
lycurgus Leemans et al, Longing for Perfection in Late Antiquity: Studies on Journeys between Ideal and Reality in Pagan and Christian Literature (2023) 244
neaira Humphreys, Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis (2018) 466
plutarch Leemans et al, Longing for Perfection in Late Antiquity: Studies on Journeys between Ideal and Reality in Pagan and Christian Literature (2023) 244
poverty, of socrates Wolfsdorf, Early Greek Ethics (2020) 181
rhetoric Leemans et al, Longing for Perfection in Late Antiquity: Studies on Journeys between Ideal and Reality in Pagan and Christian Literature (2023) 244
socrates, poverty of Wolfsdorf, Early Greek Ethics (2020) 181
synegoros Humphreys, Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis (2018) 466
themistocles Leemans et al, Longing for Perfection in Late Antiquity: Studies on Journeys between Ideal and Reality in Pagan and Christian Literature (2023) 244
war Leemans et al, Longing for Perfection in Late Antiquity: Studies on Journeys between Ideal and Reality in Pagan and Christian Literature (2023) 244
wealth' Leemans et al, Longing for Perfection in Late Antiquity: Studies on Journeys between Ideal and Reality in Pagan and Christian Literature (2023) 244
wealth, socratic view Wolfsdorf, Early Greek Ethics (2020) 181
witness Humphreys, Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis (2018) 466