Brutus
Plutarch
Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives, Vol. VI. Perrin, Bernadotte, editor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1918.
δεηθεὶς δὲ καὶ παρακαλέσας σῴζειν ἑαυτούς ἀνεχώρησεν ἀπωτέρω μετὰ δυεῖν ἢ τριῶν, ἐν οἷς ἦν καὶ Στράτων ὁ ἀπὸ λόγων ῥητορικῶν γεγονὼς αὐτῷ συνήθης.
καὶ τοῦτον ἔγγιστα παραστησάμενος ἑαυτῷ καὶ τὸ ξίφος γυμνὸν ἐπὶ τῆς λαβῆς τοῖς χερσὶν ἀμφοτέραις ἐρείσας καὶ περιπεσών ἐτελεύτησεν.