Tlic Rhctorica of Pliilodeinus. 347 



The rhetor imas'ined by the Stoa has never existed, and will II, 203, col. 

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never exist. 



After this he* makes the following incredible statement : "We II, 204, col. 



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see that statesmen like Cimon did not waste time or money on 



such things, nor subject themselves to professors of such sub- 

 jects." How this can be true I do not see. For the noble rhetors 

 who have successfully held the preeminence in their states have 

 spent time and labor and endured hardships to gain their posi- 

 tions. One could instance Themistocles who walked in front 

 of the generals quarters at night,'^ and could not sleep for the 

 trophy of Miltiades ; or Pericles who in order to be a successful 

 statesman spent much time, and studied with the philosophers 

 of his generation ; Demosthenes who was said to have studied 

 with Plato and Eubulides, and set up a cheval-glass, and 

 reproached Irimself because he slept until aroused by the sound 

 of artizans, and turned his lisping into correct speech; many 

 others might be mentioned who have toiled to become prominent. 

 However success in some lines requires a suitable length of time, 

 and expense and subjection to masters ; others demand time 

 only; now all require time, and not all require expense or sub- 

 jection to masters — and one of these is politics. 



. . . that Demades took those who wished to study with II, 207, 

 him to the true teacher, i. e. the people. • 



As for saying that the rhetors spend all their time in examin- 

 ing and being examined, and serving what is bitter in the 

 character of mankind — we know that the distinguished rhetors 

 have brought others to examination and submitted to examina- 

 tions themselves, and such is the natural condition of political 

 life. But the philosophers also examine one another in order to 

 arrive at the truth. 



H Diogenes said that no rhetor was ever systematic," but n, 208, col. 

 acted strictly from a desire to please, distributing the public ^^' 

 money in theoric funds, he speaks as one who has never inves- 

 tigated the lives of the rhetors. Some of them have been as he 



* Diogenes — from whom the following quotations also are drawn. 

 ^ Fuhr, Rhein. Mus. LVII (1902) p. 429, compares Cic. Tusc. IV. 19, 44, 

 noctu ambulabat in publico Themistocles, and restores, I. 28, vijktup irpb 



rod (TTpaTrjyiov. 



'' I. e. no rhetor ever followed a definite consistent course of conduct, 

 but simply strove to satisfy the momentary desires of the people. 



