Ἀλέξανδρος

Sections

1.1 – 1.3 2.1 – 2.3 2.4 – 2.6 3.1 – 3.3 3.4 – 4.1 4.2 – 4.4 4.5 – 5.1 5.2 – 5.4 5.5 – 6.2 6.3 – 6.4 6.5 – 7.2 7.3 – 7.4 7.5 – 8.2 8.3 – 9.1 9.2 – 9.3 9.4 – 9.5 9.6 – 10.2 10.3 – 10.3 10.4 – 10.4 11.1 – 11.2 11.3 – 11.4 11.5 – 12.1 12.2 – 13.1 13.2 – 13.3 14.1 – 14.3 14.4 – 14.5 15.1 – 15.3 15.4 – 16.1 16.2 – 16.3 16.4 – 16.5 16.6 – 16.7 16.8 – 17.1 17.2 – 17.3 17.4 – 18.1 18.2 – 18.4 18.5 – 19.2 19.3 – 19.4 19.5 – 20.2 20.3 – 20.4 20.5 – 20.7 20.8 – 21.2 21.3 – 21.5 22.1 – 22.3 22.4 – 23.1 23.2 – 23.3 23.4 – 23.6 24.1 – 24.4 24.5 – 24.7 24.8 – 25.1 25.2 – 25.4 25.5 – 26.2 26.3 – 26.4 26.5 – 26.6 26.7 – 27.2 27.3 – 27.4 27.5 – 28.1 28.2 – 28.3 29.1 – 29.2 29.3 – 29.4 30.1 – 30.3 30.4 – 30.5 30.6 – 31.1 31.2 – 31.3 31.4 – 31.6 31.7 – 32.1 32.2 – 32.4 32.5 – 32.7 33.1 – 33.2 33.3 – 33.4 33.5 – 33.7 34.1 – 34.2 35.1 – 35.3 35.4 – 35.5 35.6 – 35.8 36.1 – 37.1 37.2 – 37.4 38.1 – 38.3 38.4 – 39.1 39.2 – 39.3 39.4 – 39.5 39.6 – 40.1 40.2 – 40.4 41.1 – 41.3 41.4 – 42.1 42.2 – 42.4 42.5 – 43.1 43.2 – 43.3 44.1 – 44.3 45.1 – 45.3 45.4 – 46.2 47.1 – 47.2 47.3 – 47.4 47.5 – 47.7 48.1 – 48.4 48.5 – 49.3 49.4 – 49.5 49.6 – 49.8 50.1 – 50.3 50.4 – 50.6 51.1 – 51.3 51.4 – 51.6 52.1 – 52.3 52.4 – 52.5 53.1 – 53.3 53.4 – 54.1 54.2 – 54.4 55.1 – 55.3 55.4 – 55.5 56.1 – 57.1 57.2 – 57.3 57.4 – 58.1 58.2 – 58.4 58.5 – 59.2 59.3 – 60.1 60.2 – 60.4 60.5 – 60.6 60.7 – 60.8 61.1 – 62.1 62.2 – 62.3 62.4 – 63.1 63.2 – 63.4 63.5 – 63.6 64.1 – 64.3 64.4 – 65.1 65.2 – 65.4 66.1 – 66.2 66.3 – 67.2 67.3 – 68.1 68.2 – 68.4 69.1 – 69.2 69.3 – 69.4 70.1 – 70.2 70.3 – 71.1 71.2 – 71.3 71.4 – 72.1 72.2 – 72.3 72.4 – 73.1 73.2 – 73.3 73.4 – 74.1 74.2 – 75.1 75.2 – 75.4 76.1 – 76.2 76.3 – 77.1 77.2 – 77.4 77.5 – 77.5

İngilizce Yunanca

53.4 But show us the power of your eloquence, said he, by a denunciation of the Macedonians, that they may become even better by learning their faults. And so Callisthenes began his palinode, and spoke long and boldly in denunciation of the Macedonians, and after showing that faction among the Greeks was the cause of the increase of Philip’s power, added: But in a time of sedition, the base man too is in honour. A proverb in hexameter verse, sometimes attributed to Callimachus. Cf. the Nicias, xi. 3; Morals, p. 479a.

53.5 This gave the Macedonians a stern and bitter hatred of him, and Alexander declared that Callisthenes had given a proof, not of his eloquence, but of his ill-will towards the Macedonians.

54.1 This, then, according to Hermippus, is the story which Stroebus, the slave who read aloud for Callisthenes, told to Aristotle, and he says that when Callisthenes was aware of the alienation of the king, twice or thrice, as he was going away from him, he recited the verse: Dead is also Patroclus, a man far braver than thou art. Achilles to Hector, Iliad, xxi. 107. What Aristotle said, then, would seem to have been no idle verdict, namely, that Callisthenes showed great ability as a speaker, but lacked common sense.