Dialogue

 1 Text|         RELATIVES AND FRIENDS OF DION.~WELFARE.~You write to me
 2 Text|       views the same as those of Dion, and you urge me to aid
 3 Text|      then about forty years old, Dion was of the same age as Hipparinos
 4 Text|        adopt the same opinion as Dion about forms of government.
 5 Text|      come to pass with regard to Dion and Syracuse-and for further
 6 Text|      into close intercourse with Dion who was then a young man,
 7 Text|     subsequently took place. For Dion, who rapidly assimilated
 8 Text|       Holding these sound views, Dion persuaded Dionysios to send
 9 Text|       knew that the character of Dion’s mind was naturally a stable
10 Text|  friendship and comradeship with Dion, who in very truth was in
11 Text|    sovereign ill-feeling against Dion. I combated these as far
12 Text|         or thereabouts, charging Dion with conspiracy to seize
13 Text|     ignominy. All of us who were Dion’s friends were afraid that
14 Text|        of us as an accomplice in Dion’s conspiracy. With regard
15 Text|          him more than I praised Dion, and to look upon him as
16 Text|         specially my friend than Dion, and he was extraordinarily
17 Text|        might be ensnared, and so Dion would prove to have accomplished
18 Text|       you, as also, jointly with Dion, I advised Dionysios, bidding
19 Text|       then, was the advice which Dion and I gave to Dionysios,
20 Text|          caused the expulsion of Dion and reduced me to a state
21 Text|          action.~To proceed-when Dion had twice over delivered
22 Text| Dionysios had gone through, when Dion attempted first to educate
23 Text|      slanders to the effect that Dion was aiming at the tyranny
24 Text|        an Athenian and friend of Dion, came as his ally to the
25 Text|        giving a decent colour to Dion’s expulsion a witness and
26 Text|          attempt. Later on, when Dion returned from exile, he
27 Text|         when they perceived that Dion had been misrepresented
28 Text|      refused to betray this same Dion, when he had the offer of
29 Text|          So the two murderers of Dion were not of sufficient importance
30 Text|        the friends and family of Dion. And in addition to this
31 Text|         tried to teach, first to Dion, secondly to Dionysios,
32 Text|         the lot of Dionysios and Dion, of whom the one who disobeyed
33 Text|          truths that I convinced Dion, and it is I who have the
34 Text|       with this.~The murderer of Dion has, without knowing it,
35 Text|        Dionysios. For as regards Dion, I know right well, so far
36 Text|       his friends, to imitate in Dion his love for his country
37 Text|    follows the manner of life of Dion’s murderers and of the Sicilians,
38 Text|     course is akin to that which Dion and I attempted to carry
39 Text|         relatives and friends of Dion. After those events I persuaded
40 Text|       himself, he would send for Dion and me again; and he desired
41 Text|       again; and he desired that Dion should regard what had befallen
42 Text|        for me; he requested that Dion should wait for another
43 Text|        should by all means come. Dion now kept urging and entreating
44 Text|      philosophy. For this reason Dion pressed me urgently not
45 Text|          company altogether with Dion and Dionysios; and I offended
46 Text|   received some instruction from Dion, and others had learnt from
47 Text|         he did my relations with Dion and Dion’s eagerness also
48 Text|          relations with Dion and Dion’s eagerness also that I
49 Text|         now, in the first place, Dion’s affairs will be dealt
50 Text|          it. But if not, none of Dion’s affairs will have results
51 Text|    wishes, with regard either to Dion himself or to other matters.”
52 Text|      tale-that I must not betray Dion and my Tarentine friends
53 Text|         this time he had allowed Dion to remain in possession
54 Text|     effect, he no longer allowed Dion’s trustees to send him remittances
55 Text|          of the property was not Dion but Dion’s son, his own
56 Text|        property was not Dion but Dion’s son, his own nephew, of
57 Text|        outrage had been put upon Dion. He tried to soothe me and
58 Text|         between you and me about Dion and his affairs. For your
59 Text|          sake I will do this for Dion. I require him to take his
60 Text|         You and your friends and Dion’s friends here must be sureties
61 Text|         approved by you, and let Dion enjoy the income from them
62 Text|        you. I am quite sure that Dion will be grateful to you,
63 Text|     writes a plausible letter to Dion, and orders several of his
64 Text|         and completely neglected Dion’s interests. Further, suppose
65 Text|          word of these things to Dion, stating the position in
66 Text| altogether to be sneered at; for Dion’s property is, at a fair
67 Text|          as empowered to act for Dion, but will along with me
68 Text|         regarded as belonging to Dion and half to his son. Therefore,
69 Text|       said that we must wait for Dion’s letter, and then once
70 Text|          of selling the whole of Dion’s property, using his own
71 Text|        talked to him again about Dion’s affairs; for I did not
72 Text|          keeping a tight hold on Dion’s property. However, we
73 Text|  cherished scheme not to restore Dion’s property would give him
74 Text|        well in preferring always Dion and Dion’s friends to him.”
75 Text|       preferring always Dion and Dion’s friends to him.” And he
76 Text|          because the property of Dion was now entirely done for.~
77 Text|         for the journey. But for Dion’s property I made no further
78 Text|        to Olympia, where I found Dion a spectator at the Games,
79 Text|        Dionysios had restored to Dion his property or been reconciled
80 Text|          foresight can foretell. Dion would have easily been kept
81 Text|       caused universal disaster.~Dion’s aspiration however was
82 Text|        small ones. For neither a Dion nor any other man will,
83 Text|      smallest scale.~This course Dion actually followed, thinking
84 Text|     force. The same thing caused Dion’s downfall. For he was not