Note 1395 — Chapter IX · Sicyon, Megara, Miletus, Ephesus, Leontini, Agrigentum, Cumae
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Cic. ad Att. VII. 12. 2, 20. 2; de Div. I. 23; Val. Max. III. iii. extern. 2; Plut. Ser. Num. Vind. 7 (Moral. 553); Lucian, Ver. Hist. II. 23; bis Acc. 8; Phalaris, A and B passim (ibid. A 6, Phalaris declares that he punished conspirators savagely, cp. Plut. Amat. 16 (Moral. 760), simply because they thwarted his intention of governing mildly; ibid. A 8, 9, men naturally kindly like himself are more pained by inflicting punishments than by receiving them); Athen. XIII. 602a-b; Ael. V.H. II. 4. The last two give an anecdote where Phalaris shows that he can be merciful as well as cruel.