nnection between that incident and this
treatise see Lys. "Olymp."; and Prof. Jebb's remarks on the
fragment, "Att. Or." i. p. 203 foll. Grote, "H. G." xi. 40 foll.;
"Plato," iii. 577.

No, no! I tell you, Hiero, your battlefield, your true arena is with the
champion presidents of rival states, above whose lesser heads be it your
destiny to raise this state, of which you are the patron and supreme
head, to some unprecedented height of fortune, which if you shall
achieve, be certain you will be approved victorious in a contest the
noblest and the most stupendous in the world.

Since what follows? In the first place, you will by one swift stroke
have brought about the very thing you have set your heart on, you will
have won the affection of your subjects. Secondly, you will need no
herald to proclaim your victory; not one man only, but all mankind,
shall hymn your virtue.

Wherever you set foot you shall be gazed upon, and not by individual
citizens alone, but by a hundred states be warmly welcomed. You shall be
a marvel, not in the private circle only, but in public in the sight of
all.

It shall be open to you, so far as safety is concerned, to take your
journey where you will to see the games or other spectacles; or it shall
be open to you to bide at home, and still attain your object.

Before you shall be gathered daily an assembly, a great company of
people willing to display whatever each may happen to possess of wisdom,
worth, or beauty; (10) and another throng of persons eager to do you
service. Present, regard them each and all as sworn allies; or absent,
know that each and all have one desire, to set eyes on you.

(10) Or, "to display their wares of wisdom, beauty, excellence."

The end will be, you shall not be loved alone, but passionately adored,
by human beings. You will not need to woo the fair but to endure the
enforcement of their loving suit.

You shall not know what fear is for yourself; you shall transfer it to
the hearts of others, fearing lest some evil overtake you. You will have
about you faithful lieges, willing subjects, nimble servitors. You shall
behold how, as a matter of free choice, they will display a providential
care for you. And if danger threatens, you will find in them not simply
fellow-warriors, but champions eager to defend you with their lives.
(11)

(11) Not {summakhoi}, but {promakhoi}.

Worthy of many gifts you shall be deemed, and yet be never at a loss