... εἰ γὰρ ἤθελον
Ἃ τοῖς ἐναντίοισιν ἥνδανεν τότε,
Αὖθις δ᾽ ἃ τοῖσιν ἁτέροις δρᾶσαι ...
Πολλῶν ἂν ἀνδρῶν ἥδ᾽ ἐχηρώθη πόλις.
[173] See the valuable fragment of his Iambics, preserved by Plutarch and Aristidês, the expression of which is rendered more emphatic by the appeal to the personal Earth, as having passed by his measures from slavery into freedom (compare Plato, Legg. v, pp. 740-741):—
Συμμαρτυροίη ταῦτ᾽ ἂν ἐν δίκῃ Χρόνου
Μήτηρ, μεγίστη δαιμόνων Ὀλυμπίων,
Ἄριστα, Γῆ μέλαινα, τῆς ἐγώ ποτε
Ὅρους ἀνεῖλον πολλαχῇ πεπηγότας,
Πρόσθεν δὲ δουλεύουσα, νῦν ἐλευθέρα.