Sed melius aliquanto, si aliena imitatione capiebatur, Themistoclis ardorem esset aemulatus, quem ferunt, stimulis virtutum agitatum et ob id noctes inquietas exigentem, quaerentibus quid ita eo tempore in publico versaretur respondisse quia me tropaea Miltiadis de somno excitant.
But if he was taken with the fancy to imitate foreigners, he had better have emulated Themistocles enthusiasm. They say of him that he was agitated by the pricks of great achievements and so spent restless nights. To those who enquired why he went about in public at that time he replied: Because Miltiades trophies rouse me from my sleep.
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