# Fragmenta 21

Aristides Milesius, Fragmenta, Dfhg-Source dfhg4_ARISTIDES_MILESIUS. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristides-milesius/fragmenta/21

Περσῶν μετὰ πεντακοσίων μυριάδων ἐπὶ τὴν Ἑλλάδα ἐρχομένων, Λεωνίδας ἅμα τριακοσίοις ἐπέμφθη εἰς Θερμοπύλας ὑπὸ Λακεδαιμονίων. Εὐωχουμένων δ ̓ ἐκεῖ ἐπέκειτο τὸ τῶν βαρβάρων πλῆθος· καὶ ὁ Λεωνίδας εἶπεν, ἰδὼν τοὺς βαρβάρους· «Οὕτως ἀριστᾶτε, ὡς ἐν ᾅδου δειπνήσοντες.» Καὶ ὁρμήσας κατὰ τῶν βαρβάρων, καὶ πολλοῖς περιπαρεὶς δόρασιν, ἀνέβη ἐπὶ τὸν Ξέρξην, καὶ τὸ διάδημα ἀφείλετο. Οὗ ἀποθανόντος ὁ βάρβαρος τέμνει τὴν καρδίαν, καὶ εὗρε δασεῖαν· ὡς Ἀριστείδης ἐν πρώτῃ Περσικῶν.

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ARISTIDES MILESIUS, Fragmenta. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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