Miltiade

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« En Grèce, des milliers de contemporains, et dans la postérité des multitudes innombrables ont connu tous les triomphes de Miltiade, mais il n'y en eut qu'un seuil pour perdre le sommeil. » Kierkegaard, Crainte et tremblement, Aubier, p.32

« [3] It is said, indeed, that Themistocles was so carried away by his desire for reputation, and such an ambitious lover of great deeds, that though he was still a young man when the battle with the Barbarians at Marathon1 was fought and the generalship of Miltiades was in everybody's mouth, he was seen thereafter to be wrapped in his own thoughts for the most part, and was sleepless o' nights, and refused invitations to his customary drinking parties, [4] and said to those who put wondering questions to him concerning his change of life that the trophy of Miltiades would not suffer him to sleep. Now the rest of his countrymen thought that the defeat of the Barbarians at Marathon was the end of the war; but Themistocles thought it to be only the beginning of greater contests, and for these he anointed himself, as it were, to be the champion of all Hellas, and put his city into training, because, while it was yet afar off, he expected the evil that was to come. » Plutarque, Thémistocle, III, 3-4
« [3] λέγεται γὰρ οὕτω παράφορος πρὸς δόξαν εἰ̂ναι καὶ πράξεων μεγάλων ὑπὸ φιλοτιμίας ἐραστής, ὥστε νέος ὢν ἔτι τη̂ς ἐν Μαραθω̂νι μάχης πρὸς τοὺς βαρβάρους γενομένης καὶ τη̂ς Μιλτιάδου στρατηγίας διαβοηθείσης σύννους ὁρα̂σθαι τὰ πολλὰ πρὸς ἑαυτῳ̂ καὶ τὰς νύκτας ἀγρυπνει̂ν καὶ τοὺς πότους παραιτει̂σθαι τοὺς συνήθεις, [4] καὶ λέγειν πρὸς τοὺς ἐρωτω̂ντας καὶ θαυμάζοντας τὴν περὶ τὸν βίον μεταβολήν, ὡς καθεύδειν αὐτὸν οὐκ ἐῴη τὸ του̂ Μιλτιάδου τρόπαιον. οἱ μὲν γὰρ ἄλλοι πέρας ᾤοντο του̂ πολέμου τὴν ἐν Μαραθω̂νι τω̂ν βαρβάρων ἡ̂τταν εἰ̂ναι, Θεμιστοκλη̂ς δὲ ἀρχὴν μειζόνων ἀγώνων, ἐφ' οὓς ἑαυτὸν ὑπὲρ τη̂ς ὅλης ̔Ελλάδος ἤλειφε καὶ τὴν πόλιν ἤσκει πόρρωθεν ἔτι προσδοκω̂ν τὸ μέλλον. »

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A propos d'un autre Miltiade, Pape du quatrième siécle: Le Guillou Le Dieu Noir

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