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As for the statue of Louis Philippe, that, in the cabinet of an official, is a thing of course; but the snuff-box seemed to indicate a degree of sentimental and personal devotion, such as the old Royalists were only supposed to be guilty of. "'What! you are turned decided juste milieu? said I. "'I am a sous-prefet, answered Harmodius.
He knew that Harmodius and Aristogiton had often visited Leæna: so he had her imprisoned and tortured, to make her tell the names of the conspirators, because he wanted to kill them all as he had killed Aristogiton. The brave woman, knowing that the lives of several young men depended upon her, and that a single word might cause their death, resolved not to utter a sound.
Not a frequenter of those fashionable places of entertainment showed a more amiable laisser-aller in the dance that peculiar dance at which gendarmes think proper to blush, and which squeamish society has banished from her salons. In a word, Harmodius was the prince of mauvais sujets, a youth with all the accomplishments of Goettingen and Jena, and all the eminent graces of his own country.
The Athenians were very sorry for her death, and mourned the brave youths Harmodius and Aristogiton for a long time; but the tyranny of the son of Pisistratus daily grew more cruel and disagreeable. Four years passed thus, and the Athenians were hoping that the time would soon come when they could get rid of Hippias.
They paid yearly honours to the memory of the murderers Harmodius and Aristogeiton; and as Leœna means a lioness, they honoured that brave woman’s constancy with the statue of a lioness without a tongue. Hippias wandered about for some time, and ended by going to the court of the king of Persia.
Solicited without success by Hipparchus, son of Pisistratus, Harmodius told Aristogiton, and the enraged lover, afraid that the powerful Hipparchus might take Harmodius by force, immediately formed a design, such as his condition in life permitted, for overthrowing the tyranny.
Papias will make us one of straw, rags and gypsum I know his magic hand and in order that the others may not be too unlike their new-born sister they shall be whitewashed." "Capital but why choose Papias when we have Harmodius?" "Harmodius takes art in earnest, and we should have the Emperor here before he had completed his sketches.
Although it is probable that the patriotism of Aristogiton and Harmodius "the beloved" has been elevated in after times beyond its real standard, yet Mr. Mitford is not justified in saying that it was private revenge, and not any political motive, that induced them to conspire the death of Hippias and Hipparchus.
DR. ANTHON considers them cowardly conspirators, entitled to no heroic honors. But, as he says, statues were erected to them at the public expense; and when an orator wished to suggest the idea of the highest merit and of the noblest services to the cause of liberty, he never failed to remind his hearers of Harmodius and Aristogiton.
Harmodius, Aristogiton they are everywhere but in our hearts! in mine, at least, they shall not perish!
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