Texte grec :
| [12,10] ἀλλὰ εἰσὶν ἕτεροι σοφοὶ καὶ μακάριοι παντελῶς ἄνδρες,
οὓς ὑμῖν ἐγώ, εἰ βούλεσθε, μηνύσω, ἕκαστον
ὀνομαστὶ δεικνύμενος. καὶ γὰρ νὴ Δία τοῦτο μόνον οἶμαι χρήσιμον
ἔχειν, τὸ γιγνώσκειν τοὺς σοφούς τε καὶ δεινοὺς καὶ πάντα ἐπισταμένους· οἷς
ἐὰν ὑμεῖς ἐθέλητε ξυνεῖναι τἄλλα ἐάσαντες, καὶ γονεῖς
καὶ πατρίδας καὶ θεῶν ἱερὰ καὶ προγόνων τάφους, ἐκείνοις ξυνακολουθοῦντες,
ἔνθα ἂν ἄγωσιν ἢ καὶ μένοντές που καθιδρύωσιν, εἴτε
{εἰς τὴν Βαβυλῶνα} ἐν τῇ Νίνου καὶ Σεμιράμιδος εἴτε ἐν Βάκτροις
ἢ Σούσοις ἢ Παλιβόθροις ἢ ἄλλῃ τινὶ πόλει τῶν ἐνδόξων καὶ πλουσίων, χρήματα
διδόντες ἢ καὶ ἄλλῳ τρόπῳ πείθοντες,
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Traduction française :
| [12,10] But there are other men who are wise and altogether
blessed; and if you wish, I shall make them known to
you, mentioning each one by name. For indeed this
alone I consider to be profitable—to know the men
who are wise and able and omniscient. To such if
you are willing to cleave, neglecting all other things
—both parents and the land of your birth, the shrines
of the gods, and the tombs of your forefathers
— following wherever they lead, or remaining wherever
they establish themselves—whether in the Babylon
of Ninus and Semiramis, or in Bactra, or Sousa,
or Palibothra, or in some other famous and wealthy city
—giving them money or in some other way winning their favour,
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