The fingers of this statue were folded one within another,
and near it grew a small plane-tree, from which many leaves,
either accidentally blown thither by the wind, or placed so on
purpose by the man himself, falling together, and lying round
about the gold, concealed it for a long time. In the end, the
soldier returned, and found his treasure entire, and the fame of
this incident was spread abroad. And many ingenious persons of the
city competed with each other, on this occasion, to vindicate the
integrity of Demosthenes, in several epigrams which they made on
the subject.
As for Demades, he did not long enjoy the new honors he now came
in for, divine vengeance for the death of Demosthenes pursuing him
into Macedonia, where he was justly put to death by those whom he
had basely flattered.
CICERO
It is generally said that Helvia, the mother of Cicero, was well
born; but of his father nothing is reported but in extremes. For
whilst some would have him the son of a fuller, and educated in
that trade, others carry back the origin of his family to Tullus
Attius, an illustrious king of the Volscians, who waged war not
without honor against the Romans. However, he who first of that
house was surnamed Cicero seems to have been a person worthy to be
remembered; since those who succeeded him not only did not reject,
but were fond of that name, though vulgarly made a matter of
reproach.
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