§12.6a.1ἐκ τούτων ἄν τις συλλογιζόμενος Ἀριστοτέλει πρόσσχοι μᾶλλον ἢ Τιμαίῳ· καὶ μὴν τὸ συνεχὲς τούτῳ τελέως ἄτοπον·
From these things, if one were to reason, one would agree with Aristotle rather than with Timaeus; and indeed, what follows upon this is completely absurd.
§12.6a.2τὸ γὰρ ὑπολαμβάνειν, καθάπερ ἐκεῖνος ὑποδείκνυσιν, ὡς οὐκ εἰκὸς ἦν τοὺς οἰκέτας τῶν Λακεδαιμονίοις συμμαχησάντων τὴν τῶν κυρίων εὔνοιαν ἀναφέρειν πρὸς τοὺς ἐκείνων φίλους εὔηθες·
For to suppose, as he points out, that it was not likely for the servants of those who had fought as allies of the Lacedaemonians to transfer the goodwill of their masters to the latter’s friends, is foolish.
§12.6a.3οὐ γὰρ μόνον τὰς εὐνοίας, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰς ξενίας καὶ τὰς συγγενείας τῶν δεσποτῶν οἱ δουλεύσαντες, ὅταν εὐτυχήσωσι παραδόξως καὶ χρόνος ἐπιγένηται, πειρῶνται προσποιεῖσθαι καὶ συνανανεοῦσθαι τῶν κατὰ φύσιν ἀναγκαίων μᾶλλον, §12.6a.4αὐτῷ τούτῳ σπουδάζοντες τὴν προγεγενημένην περὶ αὐτοὺς ἐλάττωσιν καὶ τὴν ἀδοξίαν ἐξαλείφειν, τῷ βούλεσθαι τῶν δεσποτῶν ἀπόγονοι μᾶλλον ἐπιφαί
For those who have been in servitude, when they unexpectedly prosper and time has elapsed, attempt to claim as their own and to renew not only the goodwill but also the guest-friendships and the relationships of their masters, even more than those who are bound by natural ties; by this very means they eagerly strive to wipe out the former inferiority and obscurity that attached to them, through their wishing to appear rather as descendants of their masters...