phocion-第9节

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saying；　〃Blessed　hearth；　to　your　custody　I　commit　the　remains　of　a
good　and　brave　man；　and；　I　beseech　you；　protect　and　restore　them　to
the　sepulchre　of　his　fathers；　when　the　Athenians　return　to　their　right
minds。〃
　　And；　indeed；　a　very　little　time　and　their　own　sad　experience　soon
informed　them　what　an　excellent　governor；　and　how　great　an　example　and
guardian　of　justice　and　of　temperance　they　had　bereft　themselves　of。
And　now　they　decreed　him　a　statue　of　brass；　and　his　bones　to　be　buried
honourably　at　the　public　charge；　and　for　his　accusers；　Agnonides
they　took　themselves；　and　caused　him　to　be　put　to　death。　Epicurus
and　Demophilus；　who　fled　from　the　city　for　fear；　his　son　met　with；　and
took　his　revenge　upon　them。　This　son　of　his；　we　are　told；　was　in
general　of　an　indifferent　character；　and　once　when　enamoured　of　a
slave　girl　kept　by　a　common　harlot　merchant；　happened　to　hear
Theodorus；　the　atheist；　arguing　in　the　Lyceum；　that　if　it　were　a
good　and　honourable　thing　to　buy　the　freedom　of　a　friend　in　the
masculine；　why　not　also　of　a　friend　in　the　feminine；　if；　for
example；　a　master；　why　not　also　a　mistress？　So　putting　the　good
argument　and　his　passion　together；　he　went　off　and　purchased　the
girl's　freedom。　The　death　which　was　thus　suffered　by　Phocion　revived
among　the　Greeks　the　memory　of　that　of　Socrates；　the　two　cases　being
so　similar；　and　both　equally　the　sad　fault　and　misfortune　of　the　city。





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