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1、_.DE?1898V.2LILLYLIBRARYJUL71965EARLHAMCOLLEGETHELIVESOFTHENOBLEGREEKSANDROMANSThemostofthemcomparedtogetherbythatgravelearnedPhilosopherandHistorio-grapherPlutarchofCh_eroneaTHE:LIFEOFTHEMISTOCLESTHa_ISrOCLES'parentage::4J_l"littleadvancehisHisglory:forhisfatherNeocleswasofsmallr
2、eputa-pareabtioninAthens,being.ofthehundredofPhrearrie,ageandtribeofL_ntis:_f'hishot/_i4t..a'n.:alien:og'stranger:astheseversesdowitness,AbrotononIam,yborninThracia,AndyetthishighgoodhapIhave,thatintoGreciaIhavebroughtforthason,Themistoclesbyname,ThegloryoftheGreekishbloods,andman
3、ofgreatestfame.HowbeitPhaniaswriteth,thathismotherwasnotaThracian,butborninthecountryofCarla:andtheydonotcallherAbrotonon,butEuterp_.AndNeanthessayethfurthermore,thatshewasofHalicarnassus,thechiefestcityofalltherealmofCarla.ForwhichcausewhenthestrangersdidassembleatCynosarges(apla
4、ceofexercisewith-outthegatededicatedtoHercules,whichwasnotarightgod,butnotedanalien,inthathismotherIIA2PLUTARCH'SLIVESOfhiswasamortalwoman:)Themistoclespersuadedboyhooddiversyouthsofthemosthonourablehouses,togodownwithhim,andtoanointthemselvesatCyno-sarges,cunninglytherebytakingaw
5、aythedifferencebetweentherightandaliensort.Butsettingapartallthesecircumstances,hewasnodoubtallieduntothehouseoftheLycomedians:forThemistoclescausedthechapelofthisfamily,whichisinthevillageofPhlyae,beingonceburntbythebarbarouspeople,tobebuiltupagainathisowncharges:andasSimonidessa
6、yeth,hedidsetitforthandenrichitwithpictures.Moreovereverymandothconfessit,thatevenfromhischildhoodtheydidperceivehewasgiventobeveryhotheaded,stir-ring,wise,andofgoodspirit,andenterprisingofhimselftodogreatthings,andborntoruleweightycauses.Foratsuchdaysandhoursashewastakenfromhisbo
7、ok,andhadleavetoplay,heneverplayed,norwouldneverbeidle,asotherchildrenwere:buttheyalwaysfoundhimconningsomeorationwithoutbook,ormakingitalonebyhimself,andthegroundofhismatterwasevercommonly,eithertodefend,oraccusesomeofhiscompanions.Whereuponhisschoolmaisterobserv-inghim,oftsaidun
8、tohim:Suresomegreatmatterhangetho