Note 112 — THE APOPHTHEGMS OR REMARKABLE SAYINGS OF KINGS AND GREAT COMMANDERS.
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Σῆμα δ’ οὐκ ἐπῆν κύκλῳ· Οὐ γὰρ δοκεῖν ἄριστος ἀλλ’ εἶναι θέλει, Βαθεῖαν ἄλοκα διὰ φρενὸς καρπούμενος, Ἐξ ἧς τὰ κεδνὰ βλαστάνει βουλεύματα.
Aesch. Sept. 591. Thus the passage stands in all MSS. of Aeschylus; but it is quoted by Plutarch in his Life of Aristides, § 3, with δίκαιος in the second verse in the place of ἄριστος. It has been plausibly conjectured, that the actor who spoke the part intentionally substituted the word δίκαιος as a compliment to Aristides, on seeing him in a conspicuous place among the spectators. See Hermann’s note on the passage in his edition of Aeschylus. (G.)