§5.1καὶ τὸ μὲν Ῥώμου πάθος ἀμφισβητούμενον ἔχει τὸν αὐτόχειρα, καὶ τὸ πλεῖστον εἰς ἑτέρους τῆς αἰτίας τρέπουσι· τὴν δὲ μητέρα διολλυμένην ἔσωσε περιφανῶς, καὶ τὸν πάππον ἀκλεῶς δουλεύοντα καὶ ἀτίμως εἰς τὸν Αἰνείου θρόνον ἐκάθισε, καὶ πολλὰ μὲν ἑκὼν εὐεργέτησεν, ἔβλαψε δὲ αὐτὸν οὐδὲ ἄκων.
And as for the death of Remus, its actual perpetrator is disputed, and people for the most part shift the blame onto others; but Romulus illustriously saved his mother from destruction, and placed his grandfather, who was serving ingloriously and dishonorably, upon the throne of Aeneas, and did him many favors of his own free will, and never harmed him even unintentionally.
§5.2τὴν δὲ Θησέως λήθην καὶ ἀμέλειαν τῆς περὶ τὸ ἱστίον ἐντολῆς μόλις ἂν οἶμαι μακρᾷ τινι παραιτήσει καὶ ἐν ῥᾳθύμοις δικασταῖς αἰτίαν ἀποφυγεῖν πατροκτονίας·
On the other hand, I think that Theseus's forgetfulness and neglect of the command concerning the sail could scarcely, even with some long plea and before indulgent judges, escape the charge of parricide.
ὃ δὴ καὶ συνιδών τις Ἀττικὸς ἀνὴρ ὡς παγχάλεπόν ἐστι βουλομένοις ἀπολογεῖσθαι, πλάττει τὸν Αἰγέα τῆς νεὼς προσφερομένης ὑπὸ σπουδῆς ἀνατρέχοντα πρὸς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν θέας ἕνεκα καὶ σφαλλόμενον καταπεσεῖν, ὥσπερ ὀπαδῶν ἔρημον, ἢ τὴν ἐπὶ θάλατταν ὁδὸν σπεύδοντι μὴ παρούσης τινὸς θεραπείας.
Indeed, a certain Attic writer, recognizing this very point—how extremely difficult it is for those who wish to make a defense—invents the story that, as the ship was approaching, Aegeus in his haste ran up to the Acropolis for a view and, slipping, fell down, as if he were destitute of attendants, or as if there were no companions present for him as he hurried along the road to the sea.