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miseisthai�察�tous de   peisantas outos   aution   tas psukhas                 diaphtheirein 

ost' oikeioteras autois poiein tas allotrias                gunaikas e tois andrasi kai 

pasan ep' ekeinois ten oikian               gegonenai kai tous paidas adelous einai 

opoteron tugkhanousin                ontes�察�ton andron e ton moikhon 。 anth' on o 

ton nomon titheis             thanaton autois epoiese ten zemian��。 Cf。 ;Cyrop。; 

III。   i。  39�察       �Symp。;      viii。  20�察  �Plut。  ;Sol。;   xxiii。�察 。�olos   de   pleisten 

ekhein            atopian     oi  peri   ton   gunaikon     nomoi     to  Soloni    dokousi。 

moikhon       men          gar   anelein    tio  labonti   dedoken�察    �ean   d'  arpase    tis 

eleutheran           gunaika   kai   biasetai   zemian   ekaton   drakhmas   etaxe'   kan 

proagogeue              drakhmas       aikosi�察  �plen   osai   pephasmenos        polountai�察�

legon de tas           etairas。 autai gar emphanos phoitosi pros tous didontas���察�

;Solon's           laws     in  general    about   women      are   his  strangest�察   �for  he 

permitted           any one to kill an adulterer that found him in the act�察�but if 

any         one forced a free woman�察�a hundred drachmas was the fine�察�if he 

enticed her�察�twenty��except those that sell themselves openly�察                     �that is�察�

harlots�察�who go openly to those that hire them; ��Clough�察                     �i。 p。 190��。 

     ��7�А  �Or�察   �fall   a   victim   to   passion   through   some   calamity�察─   �commit   a 

breach of chastity。; Cf。 Aristot。 ;H。 A。; VII。 i。 9。 

     ��8�А  �Or�察   �if  true  affection    still  retain  its  virgin   purity。;   As   to  this 

extraordinary passage�察�see Hartman�察�op。 cit。 p。 242 foll。 

     So sovereign a good do I�察�for my part�察�esteem it to be loved�察�that I do 

verily believe spontaneous blessings are outpoured from gods and men on 

one so favoured。 

     This is that choice possession which�察�beyond all others�察�the monarch is 

deprived of。 

     But if you require further evidence that what I say is true�察�look at the 

matter   thus�此  �No   friendship�察  �I   presume�察  �is   sounder   than   that   which   binds 

parents to their children and children to their parents�察�brothers and sisters 

to each other�撮�9�А�wives to husbands�察�comrade to comrade。 

     ��9�А�Or�察 �brothers to brothers。; 

     If�察�then�察�you will but thoughtfully consider it�察�you will discover it   is 

the ordinary  person   who   is   chiefly  blest   in these   relations。��10�А�While   of 



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tyrants�察�many have been murderers of their own children�察�many by their 

children murdered。 Many brothers have been murderers of one another in 

contest for the crown�撮�11�А�many a monarch has been done to death by the 

wife   of   his   bosom�撮�12�А  �or   even   by   his   own   familiar   friend�察  �by   him   of 

whose affection he was proudest。��13�А�

     ��10�А   �Or�察   �that   these   more    obvious     affections    are   the   sanctities   of 

private life。; 

     ��11�А   �Or�察   �have    caught    at  the   throats   of  brothers;�察    �lit。  ;been   slain 

with     mutually´murderous          hand。;    Cf。   Pind。   Fr。   137�察  �Aesch。     ;Sept。    c。 

Theb。; 931�察 �Ag。; 1575�察�concerning Eteocles and Polynices。 

     ��12�А   �See   Grote�察    �H。   G。;   xi。  288�察  �xii。  6�察  �Hell。;    VI。  iv。  36�察  �Isocr。 

;On the Peace�察─�182�察�Plut。 ;Dem。 Pol。; iii。 ��Clough�察�v。 p。 98���察                           �Tac。 

;Hist。; v。 8�察�about the family feuds of the kings of Judaea。 

     ��13�А   �It   was   his   own   familiar   friend   who   dealt   the   blow�察  �the   nearest 

and dearest to his heart。; 

     How can you suppose�察�then�察�that being so hated by those whom nature 

predisposes and law compels to love him�察�the tyrant should be loved by 

any living soul beside�拭�



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     Again�察�without some moiety of faith and trust�撮�1�А�how can a man not 

feel   to   be  defrauded   of     a   mighty   blessing�拭    �One   may   well   ask�此    �What 

fellowship�察     �what    converse�察    �what    society    would     be   agreeable     without 

confidence�拭�What intercourse between man and wife be sweet apart from 

trustfulness�拭�How should the ;faithful esquire; whose faith is mistrusted 

still be lief and dear�殖�2�А�

     ��1�А �How can he�察�whose faith's discredited�察�the moral bankrupt 。 。 。; 

     ��2�А  �Or�察   �the   trusty   knight   and   serving´man。;   Cf。   ;Morte   d'Arthur�察─�

xxi。 5�察�King Arthur and Sir Bedivere。 

     Well�察   �then�察   �of  this   frank   confidence      in  others    the  tyrant    has   the 

scantiest share。��3�А�Seeing his life is such�察�he cannot even trust his meats 

and   drinks�察  �but   he   must   bid   his   serving´men   before   the   feast   begins�察  �or 

ever the libation to the gods is poured�撮�4�А�to taste the viands�察�out of sheer 

mistrust   there  may  be   mischief lurking in the cup   or  platter。��5�А             。�3�А �Or�察�

;from this 。 。 。 is almost absolutely debarred。; 

     ��4�А �Or ever grace is said。; 

     ��5�А�Cf。 ;Cyrop。; I。 iii。 4。 

     Once   more�察  �the   rest   of   mankind   find   in   their   fatherland   a   treasure 

worth all else beside。 The citizens form their own body´guard��6�А�without 

pay or service´money against slaves and against evil´doers。 It is theirs to 

see   that   none   of   themselves�察  �no   citizen�察  �shall   perish   by   a   violent   death。 

And they have advanced so far along the path of guardianship��7�А�that in 

many  cases   they  have   framed   a   law   to   the   effect   that   ;not   the   associate 

even   of   one   who   is   blood´guilty   shall   be   accounted   pure。;   So   that�察  �by 

reason   of   their   fatherland�撮�8�А  �each   several   citizen   can   live   at   quiet   and 

secure。 

     ��6�А    �Are    their   own     'satellites��'  spear´bearers。;      Cf。   Thuc。    i。  130�察�

Herod。 ii。 168�察�vii。 127。 

     ��7�А �Pushed so far the principle of mutual self´aid。; 

     ��8�А �Thanks to the blessing of a fatherland each citizen may spend his 

days in peace and safety。; 



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     But for the tyrant it is again exactly the reverse。��9�А�Instead of aiding or 

avenging their despotic lord�察�cities bestow large honours on the slayer of a 

tyrant�察  �ay�察  �and   in   lieu   of   excommunicating   the   tyrannicide   from   sacred 

shrines�撮�10�А�as is the case with murderers of private citizens�察�they set up 

statues of the doers of such deeds��11�А�in temples。 

     ��9�А    �Matters     are   once    more    reversed     precisely�察─    �it  is  all  'topsy´ 

turvy。'; 

     ��10�А   �And   sacrifices。;   Cf。   Dem。   ;c。   Lept。;   137�察  。�en   toinun   tois   peri 

touton     nomois     o   Drakon     。  。  。  katharon    diorisen    einai��。   ;Now     in   the 

laws upon this subject�察�Draco�察�although he strove to make it                            fearful 

and     dreadful    for   a  man     to  slay   another�察   �and    ordained     that         the 

homicide        should     be    excluded      from     lustrations�察    �cups�察   �and     drink´ 

offerings�察      �from      the    temples       and     the    market´place�察       �specifying 

everything       by   which     he   thought     most    effectually     to   restrain   people 

from such a practice�察�still did not abolish the rule of justice�察                      �but laid 

down the cases in which it should be lawful to kill�察�and                        declared that 

the killer under such circumstances should be deemed                            pure; ��C。 R。 

Kennedy��。 

     ��11�А  �e。g。   Harmodius   and Aristogeiton。   See   Dem。   loc。   cit。   138�此   �The 

same       rewards      that     you     gave     to    Harmodius        and     Aristogiton�察─�

concerning whom Simonides himself wrote a votive couplet�此�

                  ��'E    meg'    'Athenaioisi      phoos     geneth'     enik'   'Aristogeiton 

'Ipparkhon kteine kai 'Armodios。�� 

     But if   you   imagine   that   the  tyrant�察  �because   he  has   more   possessions 

than the private person�察�does for that reason derive greater pleasure from 

them�察�this is not so either�察�Simonides�察�but it is with tyrants as with athletes。 

Just as the athlete feels no glow of satisfaction in asserting his superiority 

over   amateurs�撮�12�А  �but   annoyance   rather   when   he   sustains   defeat   at   the 

hands of any real antagonist�察�so�察�too�察�the tyrant finds little consolation in 

the   fact��13�А  �that   he   is   evidently   richer   than   the   private   citizen。   What   he 

feels is pain�察�when he reflects that he has less himself than other monarchs。 

These he holds to be his true antagonists�察�these are his rivals in the race for 

wealth。 

     ��12�А  �Or�察   �It   gives   no   pleasure   to   the   athlete   to   win   victories   over 



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amateurs。; See ;Mem。; III。 viii。 7。 

     ��13�А�Or�察 �each time it is brought home to him that�察─�etc。 

     Nor does the tyrant attain the object of his heart's desire more quickly 

than   do   humbler   mortals   theirs。   For   consider�察  �what   are   their   objects   of 

ambition�拭�The private citizen   has set his   heart�察�it may be�察 �on a house�察 �a 

farm�察    �a  servant。    The    tyrant   hankers     after   cities�察 �or   wide    territory�察  �or 

harbours�察  �or   formidable   citadels�察  �things   far   more   troublesome   and   more 

perilous to achieve than are the pettier ambitions of lesser men。 

     And     hence   it   is
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