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Aristotle

Rhetoric Section 30

Section 86 of 882

Canonical reference 1.12.30

Ancient Greek

καὶ τοὺς ὑπʼ ἄλλων μέλλοντας, ἂν μὴ αὐτοί, ὡς οὐκέτι ἐνδεχόμενον βουλεύσασθαι, ὥσπερ λέγεται Αἰνεσίδημος Γέλωνι πέμψαι κοττάβια ἀνδραποδισαμένῳ , ὅτι ἔφθασεν, ὡς καὶ αὐτὸς μέλλων.

English

J. H. Freese, 1926

And those who are going to be attacked by others, if we do not attack first, since it is no longer possible to deliberate; thus, Aenesidemus is said to have sent the prize in the game of cottabus to Gelon, who, having reduced a town to slavery, had anticipated him by doing what he had intended to do himself.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13

Et ceux qui vont nous attaquer si nous ne les attaquons pas les premiers, puisqu'il n'est alors plus possible de délibérer. Ainsi, dit-on, Énésidème envoya à Gélon le prix du jeu de cottabe, parce que celui-ci, après avoir réduit une cité en esclavage, l'avait devancé en faisant ce qu'il avait lui-même eu l'intention de faire.

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