Plut. Arat.

Life of Aratus

There is an ancient proverb, Polycrates, which the philosopher Chrysippus puts not as it really is, but as he thought better:—“Who will praise a father, except happy sons?”But Dionysodorus of Troezen corrects him, and restores the true form thus:“Who will praise a father, except unhappy sons?” And he says that the proverb stops the mouths of those who, being worthless in themselves,…Read now

Author: Plutarch
Chapters: 1-54
Translator: Bernadotte Perrin

Life of Aratus

Plutarch

translated by Bernadotte Perrin

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Bernadotte PerrinDefaultPerrin translationThe translation of Bernadotte Perrin, as printed in Plutarch's Lives (Loeb Classical Library).There is an ancient proverb, Polycrates, which the philosopher Chrysippus puts not as it really is, but as he thought better:—“Who will praise a father, except happy sons?”But Dionysodorus of Troezen corrects him, and restores the true form thus:“Who will…

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