# Res Publica Atheniensium 14.2

Aristotle, Res Publica Atheniensium, Section 14. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/res-publica-atheniensium/14.2

λέγεται δὲ Σόλωνα Πεισιστράτου τὴν φυλακὴν αἰτοῦντος ἀντιλέξαι καὶ εἰπεῖν ὅτι τῶν μὲν εἴη σοφώτερος, τῶν δʼ ἀνδρειότερος· ὅσοι μὲν γὰρ ἀγνοοῦσι Πεισίστρατον ἐπιτιθέμενον τυραννίδι, σοφώτερος εἶναι τούτων, ὅσοι δʼ εἰδότες κατασιωπῶσιν, ἀνδρειότερος. ἐπεὶ δὲ λέγων οὐκ ἔπειθεν, ἐξαράμενος τὰ ὅπλα πρὸ τῶν θυρῶν, αὐτὸς μὲν ἔφη βεβοηθηκέναι τῇ πατρίδι, καθʼ ὅσον ἦν δυνατός ʽἤδη γὰρ σφόδρα πρεσβύτης ἦν̓, ἀξιοῦν δὲ καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους ταὐτὸ τοῦτο ποιεῖν.

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Aristotle, Res Publica Atheniensium, ed. Frederic G Kenyon. 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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