EPINOMIS
KL. Prw mn t tw mologaw komen pantew ryw,
jne, trew ntew, g ka s ka Mgillow de, t tw
fronsevw piskecmenoi tni pot xr lg diejelyen,
tn nyrvpnhn jin famn, tan dianohy, kllist' xein
poien prw frnhsin shn dunatn nyrp sxen. t mn
gr lla, w famen, panta diejlyomen sa n per nmvn
ysin: d mgiston eren te ka epen, t pote mayn
ynhtw nyrvpow sofw n eh, toto ote epomen ote
hromen, nn te peirmeya toto m katalipen: sxedn gr
telw n prjaimen o xrin pantew rmsamen, w faner
poisontew j rxw mxri tlouw.
AY. V fle Kleina, kalw mn lgeiw, topon mn
kosesya se lgon omai, ka tina trpon ok topon a.
pollo gr d prostuxew t b gignmenoi tn atn lgon
frousin, w ok stai makrion t tn nyrpvn gnow od'
edaimon. pou d ka snide n soi dok kg met' atn
kalw to toiotou pri lgein. o fhmi enai dunatn n-
yrpoiw makaroiw te ka edamosin gensyai pln lgvn^
mxriper n zmen toto diorzomai: kal d lpw teleut-
santi tuxen pntvn n nek tiw proyumot' n zn te
w kllist' n zn kat dnamin ka teleutsaw teleutw
toiathw tuxen^lgv d' odn sofn, ll' per pantew
Ellhnw te ka brbaroi gignskomn tina trpon, w j
rxw t gensyai xalepn panti z: prton mn t
metasxen tw tn kuoumnvn jevw, peit' a t ggnesyai,
ka ti t trfesyai ka paideesyai, di pnvn murvn
tata ggnesyai smpanta, w famen pantew. ka xrnow
braxw n tiw eh prw logismn m toi tn moxyhrn, ll'
pw n polboi mtrion. otow d sxedn napnon
doke poien tina kat mson p bon tn nyrpinon: tax
ge mn pilabn graw ntinon poisei' n mpot' yelsai
plin nabinai, logismenon tn bebivmnon aut bon,
stiw m tugxnei paidikw djhw mestw n. totvn d t
pot moi tekmrion; ti pfuken tat t nn zhtomenon
t lg. zhtomen d d tna trpon sofo genhsmeya,
w oshw tinw kstoiw tathw tw dunmevw: d fug
fegei tte tan tiw prw tina frnhsin tn legomnvn
texnn fronsevn tinvn llvn toiotvn w omeya
pisthmn, w jaw totvn odemiw oshw pklhsin
=hynai tw per tata sofaw tnyrpina, tw d cuxw
sfdra pepoiyuaw ka manteuomnhw w oshw at kat
tina fsin tathw, tw d stin ka pte ka pw, o pnu
dunamnhw jeurskein. r' o tot sfdra prosoix'
mn per sofan pora ka zthsiw, plevn tw lpdow
kst gignomnh tn soi n mn dunato ggnontai fro-
nmvw atow llouw te jetsai sumfnvw di lgvn
pntvn ka pnt legomnvn; tata ox otvw tat
sumfsomen xein;
KL. Sumfsomen p' lpdi soi svw tat', jne, t
met so kat xrnon n genomn, dojsai per atn ew
ayiw t lhystaton.
AY. Tw llaw tonun sai pistmai mn esin le-
gmenai, sofn d ok potelosin tn lambnont te
atw ka xonta, prton diejiton, pvw tataw kpodn
ymenoi, peirmeya kenaw n demeya paraysyai te ka
paraymenoi manynein.
Prton mn tonun n prton de ynht gnei, dvmen
w es mn nagkaitatai sxedn lhyw te prtai, d
pistmvn atn gignmenow, e ka kat' rxw dojn tiw
ena pote sofw, okoun nn ge ote sofw enai dojzetai
nedh te sxei mllon p tw toiathw pistmhw. ro-
men d a t' esn ka ti pw nr atw, sxedn soiw
gn prkeitai to doken w riston ndra sumbnai
genmenon n, fegei di tw ktseiw tw fronsew te ka
pithdesevw. stv d prton mn tw llhlofagaw
tn zvn mw tn mn, w myw stin, t parpan
postsasa, tn d ew tn nmimon dvdn katastsasa.
le d' mn o prsyen ehsn te ka esn^otinew mn
gr on~ lgomen, prtoi xairtvsan^ d' on lftvn
te ka lervn pohsiw ma ka trof kal mn ka gay,
sofn d ndra telvw ok yelsei pot pergsasyai:
toto gr at, tw poisevw pklhsiw, tn poioumnvn
atn dusxreian pergzoit' n. sxedn d' od xraw
sumpshw gevrga: o gr txn ll fsei kat yen
pntew fainmeya gn metakexeirsyai. ka mn od'
tn oksen ge sunuf ka smpasa okodoma ka skeun
pntvn pergastik, xalkea te ka tn tektonikn ka
plastikn ka plektikn ka ti sumpntvn rgnvn
paraskeu, dm t prsforon xousa, ll' ok p' ret
legomnh. ka mn od' smpasa yhreutik, poll per
ka texnik gegonua, t ge megaloprepw sn t sof ok
poddvsin. o mn od mantik ge od' rmhneutik t
parpan: t legmenon gr oden mnon, e d' lhyw, ok
mayen.
Ote d tn tn nagkavn rmen ktsin di txnhw mn
pergazomnhn, totvn d odeman odna sofn poiosan,
t ge met toto paidi tiw n lepoito, mimhtik mn t
pleston ll' odam spoudaa. pollow mn gr rgnoiw
mimontai, pollow d' atn tn svmtvn o pntvw
esxmosi mimmasin, t te kat lgouw ka mosan psan,
ka svn grafik mthr, polln ka pantovn poikilmtvn
poteloumnvn n pollow grow ka jhrow gnesin: n
sofn odna ew odn spoud t megst dhmiourgonta
mimhtik parxetai.
Pntvn d' jeirgasmnvn t loipn boyeia ggnoit' n
mura muroiw, mn megsth te ka ew plesta polemik
klhyesa, strathgik txnh, edokimvtth prw xrean, e-
tuxaw plesthw deomnh, mllon d ndre& kat fsin
sof& dedomnh. n d kalosi mn atrikn, boyeia d
pou ka ath sxedn svn rai cxei ka kamati kar
ka psi tow toiotoiw lhzontai tn tn zvn fsin.
edkimon d odn totvn ew sofan tn lhyestthn:
metra gr djaiw foretai topazmena. bohyow d pou
ka tow kuberntaw ma ka tow nataw romen, ka to-
tvn ndra sofn mhdna tiw mw paramuyomenow j
pntvn diaggelltv: o gr n edeh tiw pnematow rgn
od filan, prosfilw ps kubernhtik. ka mn
od' psoi bohyo dkaiw n t to lgein =m fas
ggnesyai, mnm ka trib djhw yesin prosxontew tn
non, lhyeaw d tn ntvw dikavn ktw paresfalmnoi.
Loip d' ti prw djan sofaw stn tiw topow dnamiw,
n fsin n o pollo mllon sofan nomseian, tte
tan tin tiw sunno =&dvw mn tiper n manyn man-
ynonta, mla d poll ka sfalw mnhmoneonta, tan
te t prsforon kst diamnhmone tiw, ti gignmenon
n prpoi, toto d tax dr: tata gr panta o mn
fsin, o d sofan, o d gxnoian ysousin fsevw,
sofn d ntvw oden totvn odew tn mfrnvn yelsei
pot kalen.
All mn de fanna g tina pistmhn n xvn
sofw ggnoit' n sofw ntvw n ka m mnon doja-
zmenow. dvmen d. xalep mn gr lg pantpasin
pixeiromen, tran prej tn erhmnvn eren, sofa
mn lgoit' n ntvw te ka ektvw, d labn ote
bnausow ot' lyiow stai, sofw d ka gayw di' atn
polthw te ka rxvn ka rxmenow ndkvw stai plevw
ma ka mmelw. katdvmen d tathn prthn, tw pot'
k tw nyrvpnhw fsevw pistmh ma diejelyosa m
paragenomnh tn nn parousn nohttaton n ka fro-
nstaton parsxoito zon t tn nyrpvn. o d
tot ge pnu xalepn t katiden. ma gr w epen
prw man tn riymn dosa pant t ynht gnei tot'
n drseien: yen d' atn mllon tina txhn gomai
dnta mn szein mw. n d yen gomai, frzein xr,
kaper topon nta, ka pvw ok topon a: pw gr t
gayn ation mn sumpntvn o ka to pol megstou,
tw fronsevw, ation gesyai de gegonnai; tna d ka
semnnvn pot lgv yen, Mgill te ka Kleina;
sxedn Orann, n ka dikaitaton, w smpantew lloi
damonew ma ka yeo, timn te ka exesyai diaferntvw
at. t d ka tn llvn ation gayn pntvn mn
atn gegonnai pntew n mologomen: donai d ma ka
riymn mew ge ntvw atn famen, ti d ka dsein, n
tiw yl sunakolouyen. n gr tiw p yevran ryn
tn tode, ete ksmon ete lumpon ete orann n don
t lgein, legtv mn, kolouyetv d p poikllvn atn
ka t n at strfvn stra psaw diejdouw raw te ka
trofn psin parxetai. ka tn llhn d on frnhsin,
w famen n, sn riym pant, ka tll' gay: toto
d mgiston, n tiw tn riymn ato dsin dejmenow
pejly psan tn perodon.
Eti d smikrn panelyntew pvw tow lgoiw namnh-
symen ti ka ml' ryw nosamen w, eper riymn k
tw nyrvpnhw fsevw jloimen, ok n pot ti frnimoi
genomeya. o gr n ti pot cux totou to zou psan
retn lboi sxedn, tou lgow peh: zon d ti m
gignskoi do ka tra mhd perittn mhd rtion, gnoo
d t parpan riymn, ok n pote didnai lgon xoi per
n asyseiw ka mnmaw [xoi] mnon eh kekthmnon, tn
d llhn retn, ndrean ka svfrosnhn, odn pokvlei.
stermenow d lhyow lgou sofw ok n pote gnoito,
t d sofa m proseh, pshw retw t mgiston mrow,
ok n ti telvw gayw genmenow edamvn pot gnoito.
otvw riymn mn ngkh psa potyesyai: diti d toto
ngkh, lgow ti plevn pntvn ggnoit' n tn erhmnvn.
ll ka nn ryw =hysetai, ti ka t tn llvn
texnn legmena, nund dilyomen ntew enai psaw tw
txnaw, od totvn n odn mnei, pnta d' polepetai
t parpan, tan riymhtikn tiw nl.
Djeie d' n svw tiw braxvn neka riymo desyai t
tn nyrpvn gnow, ew tw txnaw poblcas^katoi mga
mn ka toto^e d tiw doi t yeon tw gensevw ka t
ynhtn, n ka t yeosebw gnvrisysetai ka riymw
ntvw, ok n ti pw n tiw gnoh smpanta riymn shw
mn dunmevw atiow n eh suggignmenos^pe ka t kat
mousikn psan diariymoumnvn kinsew te ka fyggvn
dlon ti de^ka t mgiston, gayn w pntvn ation,
ti d kakn odenw, e toto gnvston, ka txa gnoit'
n. ll' sxedn lgistw te ka taktow sxmvn te
ka rruymow nrmostw te for, ka pny' psa kako
kekoinnhkn tinow, pilleiptai pantw riymo, ka de
toy' otv dianoesyai tn mllonta edamona teleutsein:
ka t ge d dkain te ka gayn ka kaln ka pnta
t toiata odew pote m gignskvn, lhyow djhw pila-
bmenow, diariymsetai prw t autn te ka teron pesai
t parpan.
Ivmen d skecmenoi prw tot' at, pw myomen
riymen. fre: t gr n d ka do ggone pyen mn
st' nnosai, fsin tathn xousin k to pantw prw
t dunatow nnoen enai; pollow d lloiw a tn zvn
od' ew at toy' fsiw paraggonen, ste mayen duna-
tow enai par to patrw riymen, par d' mn tot'
at prton nkisen yew, ste kanow enai deikn-
menon sunnoen, peit' deijen ka deknusin: n t kllion
n nw n tiw yesaito pln t tw mraw gnow, eta ew
t tw nuktw lyoi mrow xvn cin, yen teron pn at
fanoit' n; ka lttvn d tata at tan m pahtai
pollw mn nktaw, pollw d mraw [s] oranw, odpote
paetai didskvn nyrpouw n te ka do, prn n ka
dusmaystatow kanw my riymen: w gr ka tra ka
tttara ka poll, kastow mn pinoseien n rn tata.
ka k totvn n pohsen tn selnhn yew pergas-
menow, tot mn mezvn fainomnh, tot d' lttvn, diejlyen
llhn e fanousa mran, mxri pentekadeka mern ka
nuktn: ath d' stin perodow, e boleta tiw tn kklon
na lon ew n tiynai, ste w pow epen ka t dusma-
ystaton n mayen zon, ow pardvken fsin yew to
dunatow enai manynein. ka mxri mn totvn te ka n
totoiw smpan t dunatn tn zvn mla riymhtikn
ggone, t kay' n at skopon: t d prw llhla
pnta riymn e logzesyai, dok mn mezonow neka, ka
totou d selnhn, kayper epomen, ajanomnhn ka
fynousan mpoisaw, mnaw prw tn niautn sunestsato,
ka pnta riymn prw riymn rjato sunorn edamoni
tx. di d tay' mn karpo te ka gkmvn g g-
gonen, st' enai trofn psi tow zoiw, nmvn te ka
etn gignomnvn ok jaisvn od mtrvn: ll' e ti
par tata ggnetai prw t flaron, o tn yean ll
tn nyrvpnhn atisyai xr fsin, ok n dk dian-
mousan tn atn bon. mn d' on zhtosin per nmvn
sxedn dojen t mn lla =di t' enai gnnai t bl-
tista nyrpoiw, ka pw n kanw ggnesyai ka sunenai
t legmena ka poien, e gnoh t pot' stin sumfrein
ekw ka t t m sumfron: doje d ka nn ti doke t
mn lla pithdemata pnta o sfdra xalep enai, t
d tna trpon xr ggnesyai xrhstow nyrpouw pagx-
lepon. ka t mn lla a pnta ktsyai xrhst, t le-
gmenn [te], ka dunatn ka o xalepn, osan te shn de
ka m de, ka sma on te de ka m: ka cuxn ti mn
gayn de, sugxvre pw pant, t d' ntina trpon gayn,
ti mn a dikaan ka sfrona ka ndrean, ka tata, ti
d sofn, fhs mn pw den, ntina d sofan, w rti
dielhlyamen, odew oden t parpan ti sunomologe
tn polln. nn on d par psaw tw prsyen sofaw o
falhn tin neurskomen ew at ge tata, t doken sofn
enai tn ge memayhkta per ka dielhlyamen: e d' stin
sofw tat' pistmvn ka gayw, totou d pri lgon
de laben.
KL. V jne, w ektvw epew ti per meglvn megla
pixeirew frzein.
AY. O gr smikr, Kleina: t d xalepteron, ti
pantpasi ka pntvw lhy.
KL. Sfdra ge, jne: ll' mvw m pokmw lgvn
fw.
AY. Na, mhd sf tonun koonte.
KL. Tat' stai: ka pr mfon g soi frzv.
AY. Kalw. j rxw d =hton ngk prton, w
fanetai, mlista mn n, e dunmeya n laben nmati,
tw stin n omeya sofan enai, toto d' e sfdra
dunatomen, t deteron, tnew esn pote ka psai tinw,
w tiw labn sofw n eh kat tn mteron myon.
KL. Lgoiw n.
AY. T d met toto nemshton t nomoyt t
kllion tn prteron erhmnvn per yen ka meinon
peikzonti lgein, oon paidi kal xrvmn ka timnti
yeow, mnoiw te ka edaimon& geraronti digein tn ato
bon.
KL. H kalw, jne, lgeiw. e gr soi toto tlow
eh tn nmvn, yeow prospasanti kayarteron d dia-
gagnti tn bon tw ma teleutw rsthw te ka kallsthw
tuxen.
mnontew sfdra timmen, exmenoi t kllista ka
rista per atn pinai lgein mn; otvw pw lgeiw;
KL. Yaumastw mn on otvw. ll', daimnie,
pistesaw tow yeow exou te ka lge tn pinta soi
lgon tn kaln per tow yeow te ka tw yew.
AY. Estai tata, n atw yew mn fhgtai.
sunexou mnon.
KL. Lgoiw n t met toto.
AY. Yeogonan tonun ka zogonan nagkaon, w
oiken, prtn moi, kakw peikasntvn tn mprosyen,
bltion peiksai kat tn mprosyen lgon, nalabnta
n prw tow sebew pikexerhka lgvn, frzvn w esn
yeo pimelomenoi pntvn, smikrn ka meiznvn, ka
sxedn paramyhtoi tn per t dkai esin prgmata^
e d mmnhsy ge, Kleina: lbete mn gr d ka
pomnmata^ka gr n t =hynta tte ka mla lhy:
tde d atn n t mgiston, ti presbteron eh cux
smatow pasa pants^ra mmnhsye; pntvw pou
tot ge; ^ gr meinon ka palaiteron ka yeoeidsteron,
piyann ti to ~nou ka nevtrou ka timotrou, pantax
te rxon rxomnou presbteron ka gon gomnou pnt.
lbvmen d tot ge, w cux presbtern sti smatow.
e d' xei toto otvw, t ge prton mn to prtou tw
gensevw piyanteron n eh sxedn phrgmnon: ka ymen
d tn rxn tw rxw esxhmonsteron xein, ka tn
megstvn sofaw per yen gensevw rytata pibanein
mw.
KL. Estv tata ew dnamin legmena.
AY. Fre d, zn ge lhystata lgesyai kat fsin
fmen tot ge, tan ma sunelyosa sstasiw cuxw ka
smatow potk man morfn;
KL. Oryw.
AY. Zon mn d t toioton kaletai dikaitata;
KL. Na.
AY. Stere d smata lgesyai xr kat tn ekta
lgon pnte, j n kllista ka rist tiw n plttoi, t
d llo gnow pan xei morfn man: o gr stin s-
maton ti t' llo ggnoit' n ka xrma odn odamw
odpot' xon, pln t yeitaton ntvw cuxw gnow. toto
d' st sxedn mn plttein ka dhmiourgen proskei,
smati d, lgomen, plttesyai ka ggnesyai ka r-
syai: t d^lgvmen plin: o gr paj =hton^ort
te enai ka gignskonti noht te, mnmhw metalabnti
logismo te n perittaw te ka rtaiw ma metabolaw.
pnte on ntvn tn svmtvn, pr xr fnai ka dvr
enai ka trton ra, ttarton d gn, pmpton d ayra,
totvn d' n gemonaiw kaston zon pol ka pantodapn
potelesyai. mayen d kay' n d' stin xren. ginon
mn tiymen t prton mn n, pntaw mn nyrpouw,
pnta d sa polpoda ka poda, ka sa poresima ka
sa mnima, dieilhmmna =zaiw: t d n ato tde nomzein
de, w pnta mn j pntvn tat' stin tn genn, t d
pol totou gw stin ka tw steremnaw fsevw. llo
d xr zou gnow yenai deteron gignmenon ma ka
dunatn rsyai: t gr pleston purw xei, xei mn gw
te ka row, xei d ka pntvn tn llvn braxa mrh,
di d zҋ te j atn pantodap ggnesyai xr fnai ka
rmena, nomsai d d de plin t kat' orann zvn
gnh, d pn xr fnai yeon gnow strvn gegonnai,
smatow mn tuxn kallstou, cuxw d' edaimonestthw
te ka rsthw. duon d atow moirn tn tran xr
dj metadidnai sxedn: gr nleyrn te ka ynaton
kaston atn enai ka yeon t parpan j pshw n-
gkhw, tina makravna bon xein kann kst zvw, w
odn ti pleonow n prosdesya pote.
Nosvmen on prton, lgomen, do t toiata enai
za^plin gr lgvmen^rat mn mftera, t mn k
purw, w djeien n, lon, t d' k gw, ka t mn ginon
n taj&, t d' k purw n tjei ps kinomenon. t mn
on n taj& kinomenon fron xr nomzein, per w t
pol dr t per mw zon, t d n tjei te ka oran
pron xon mga tekmrion xr poiesyai to frnimon enai:
kat tat gr n ka satvw poreumenon e ka poion
ka psxon tekmrion kann to fronmvw zn eh pare-
xmenon. cuxw d ngkh non kekthmnhw pasn
nagkn pol megsth ggnoit' n^rxousa gr ll' ok
rxomnh nomoyete^t d metstrofon, tan cux t
riston kat tn riston bouleshtai non, t tleon
kbanei t nti kat non, ka od dmaw n ato
kretton od metastrofteron n pote gnoito, ll' ntvw
trew Morai katxousai fulttousi tleon enai t bel-
tst boul bebouleumnon kstoiw yen. tow d nyr-
poiw xrn tekmrion enai to non xein stra te ka
smpasan tathn tn diaporean, ti t at e prttei
di t bebouleumna plai prttein yaumastn tina xrnon
son, ll' o metabouleumenon nv ka ktv, tot mn
tera, llote d lla prtton, plansya te ka metaku-
klesyai. toy' mn tow pollow at tonanton dojen,
ti t at ka satvw prttei, cuxn ok xein: otv
tow frosi sunefspeto t plyow, w t mn nyrpinon
mfron ka zn w kinomenon polaben, t d yeon fron
w mnon n taw ataw foraw: jn d nyrp ge p
t kallv ka beltv ka fla tiyemn lambnein w
di toto at mfron de nomzein t kat tat ka
satvw ka di tat prtton e, toto d' enai tn tn
strvn fsin, den mn kallsthn, porean d ka xorean
pntvn xorn kallsthn ka megaloprepestthn xoreonta
psi tow zsi t don potelen. ka mn ti ge dikavw
mcuxa at lgomen, prton t mgeyow atn dianoh-
ymen. o gr, w smikr fantzetai, thlikata ntvw
stn, ll' mxanon kaston atn tn gkon^pistesai
d' jion: podejesin gr kanaw lambnetai^tn gr
lion lon tw gw lhw mezv dianohynai dunatn ryw,
ka pnta d t fermena stra yaumastn ti mgeyow xei.
lbvmen d tw trpow n eh tosoton perifrein gkon
tin fsin tn atn e xrnon, son ka nn perifretai.
yen d fhmi tn ation sesyai, ka opoy' trvw enai
dunatn: mcuxon mn gr opote gnoit' n tr& pln
di yen, w mew pefhnmeya. te d toto ow t
stin yew, pasa at =&stnh ggonen to prton mn
zon gegonnai pn sma ka gkon smpanta, peita, per
n dianohy bltista, tat frein. nn d per pntvn
totvn na lgon lgoimen lhy: ok stin gn te ka
orann pantw te straw gkouw te k totvn smpantaw,
m cuxw prw kst genomnhw ka n kstoiw, eta
ew krbeian kat' niautn otv poreesyai kat mnw te
ka mraw, ka smpanta t gignmena smpasin mn gay
ggnesyai.
De d, s flaurtern st' nyrvpow, m toi
lhront ge, safw d ti lgonta fanesyai. =maw
mn on e tiw ataw tinw re svmtvn fseiw ti
toioton, odn safw re: t d par' mn erhmnon
sfdr' nalaben xr, pteron xei lgon lgow pntvw
stere, t prton mn t nta enai do, t mn cuxn, t
d sma, ka poll katrou, pnta d lllvn lla ka
ktera katrvn, ka trton llo odn koinn oden,
diafrein d cuxn smatow. mfron mn pou, t d fron
ysomen, rxon d, t d rxmenon, ka t mn ation
pntvn, t d nation pshw pyhw: ste t ge d kat'
orann p' llou tou fnai gegonnai, ka m cuxw te
ka smatow otvw enai gennmata, poll mvra te ka
loga. e d' on de nikn tow per pntvn tn toiotvn
lgouw ka pistw yea fanesyai gegonnai t toiata
smpanta, duon toi ytera yeton at: gr yeow a-
tow tata mnhton rytata, yen eknaw w glmata
polaben gegonnai, yen atn rgasamnvn: o gr
notvn ge od braxow jvn, ll' per erkamen, to-
tvn mn ytera yeta, t d teynta timhton pntvn
galmtvn diaferntvw: o gr mpote fan kallv ka
kointera sumpntvn nyrpvn glmata, od' n dia-
frousin tpoiw drumna, kayarithti ka semnthti ka sum-
ps zv diafronta tat w pnt tat gegnhtai.
nn on d per yen gxeirmen t ge tosoton, t do
katidntew za rat mn, famen ynaton, t d ginon
pan ynhtn gegonnai, t tra t msa tn pnte t metaj
totvn safstata kat djan tn pieik gegonta peira-
ynai lgein. ayra mn gr met t pr ymen, cuxn
d' j ato tiymen plttein za dnamin xonta, sper
tn llvn genn, t pol mn tw ato fsevw, t d
smikrtera sundsmou xrin k tn llvn genn: met
d tn ayra j row plttein tn cuxn gnow teron
zvn, ka t trton j datow. pnta d dhmiourgsasan
tata cuxn zvn ekw lon orann mplsai, xrhsamnhn
psi tow gnesi kat dnamin, pntvn mn metxvn to zn
gegontvn: detera d ka trta ka ttarta ka pmpta,
p yen tn fanern rjmena gensevw, ew mw tow
nyrpouw poteleutn.
Yeow mn d, Da te ka Hran ka tow llouw pntaw,
p tiw ylei, tat kat tn atn tiysyv nmon ka
pgion xtv toton tn lgon: yeow d d tow ratow,
megstouw ka timivttouw ka jtaton rntaw pnt, tow
prtouw tn tn strvn fsin lekton ka sa met totvn
asyanmeya gegonta, met d totouw ka p totoiw jw
damonaw, rion d gnow, xon dran trthn ka mshn, tw
rmhneaw ation, exaw timn mla xren xrin tw efmou
diaporeaw. tn d do totvn zvn, to t' j ayrow fejw
te row n, diormenon lon atn kteron enai^parn
d plhson o katdhlon mn ggnesyai^metxonta d
fronsevw yaumastw, te gnouw nta emayow te ka
mnmonow, gignskein mn smpasan tn metran at
dinoian lgvmen, ka tn te kaln mn ka gayn ma
yaumastw spzesyai ka tn sfdra kakn misen, te
lphw metxonta dh^yen mn gr d tn tlow xonta
tw yeaw moraw jv totvn enai, lphw te ka donw, to
d fronen ka to gignskein kat pnta meteilhfnai^
ka sumplrouw d zvn orano gegontow, rmhneesyai
prw lllouw te ka tow krottouw yeow pntaw te ka
pnta, di t fresyai t msa tn zvn p te gn ka p
tn lon orann lafr fermena =m. t d datow
pmpton n myeon mn peikseien n tiw ryw peikzvn
j ato gegonnai, ka tot' enai tot mn rmenon, llote
d pokrufyn dhlon gignmenon, yama kat' mudrn cin
parexmenon. totvn d tn pnte ntvw ntvn zvn, p
tinw ntuxon mn, kay' pnon n neiropol& prostu-
xntew, kat fmaw te ka manteaw lexyn tisin n koaw
gianousin ka kmnousin, ka teleut bou prostuxsi
genomnoiw, d& te ka dhmos& djaw paragenomnaw, yen
er poll polln ggonen, t d gensetai, totvn pntvn
nomoythw, stiw non kkthtai ka tn braxtaton, opote
m tolms kainotomn, p yeosbeian tiw m safw xei
ti trcai plin auto: ka mn od' n ptriow nmow
erhken per yusin pokvlsei, mhdn t parpan edw,
sper od' n dunatn ednai t ynht fsei tn toiotvn
pri. tow d ntvw mn fanerow ntaw yeow r' ox
atw lgow xei kakstouw enai tow m tolmntaw lgein
mn ka fanerow poien norgistouw te ntaw trouw
yeow ka timw m dexomnouw tw proshkosaw atow; nn
d d sumbanei gignmenon ma t toioton: oon gr e
pot tiw mn lion selnhn vrakw n gignomnouw
forntw te mw pntaw, ka m frazen dnatow n p
frzein, timw te morouw ntaw ma ka m proyumoto t
ge ato mrow, ew ntimon xran katafanew gvn atow,
ortw te atow ggnesyai poien ka yusaw, polamban-
menn te xrnon kstoiw meiznvn ka lattnvn pollkiw
niautn raw dianmein, r' ok n kakw aut te ka
ll t gignskonti legmenow n dk sunedkei lgesya
pot' n;
KL. Pw gr ok, jne; kkistow mn on.
AY. Toto tonun, Kleina fle, per m nn gign-
menon syi fanerw.
KL. Pw lgeiw;
AY. Iste kt dunmeiw tn per lon orann gegonuaw
delfw lllvn, n kayeraka g^ka odn mga diap-
pragmai: =dion gr ka tr^totvn d' es trew atai,
ma mn lou, ma d selnhw, ma d tn [planhtn] strvn
n mnsyhmen lgon mprosyen, pnte d terai. tataw
d psaw ka totouw tow n tataisin ete atow ntaw ete
feromnouw n xmasi poreesyai tat, mhdew llvw pot
noms pntvn mn w o mn yeo esin atn, o d' o,
mhd' w o mn gnsioi, o d toioto tinew oouw od ymiw
epen mn oden, pntew d d pntaw lgvmn te ka
fmen delfow t' enai ka n delfaw moraiw, ka timw
podidmen m t mn niautn, t d mna, tow d mte
tin moran tttvmen mte tin xrnon n diejrxetai
tn ato plon, sunapoteln ksmon n tajen lgow
pntvn yeitatow ratn: n mn edamvn prton mn
yamasen, peita d rvta sxen to katamayen psa
ynht fsei dunat, gomenow risy' otvw etuxstat te
dijein tn bon teleutsaw te ew tpouw jein proskontaw
ret, ka memuhmnow lhyw te ka ntvw, metalabn
fronsevw ew n miw, tn ploipon xrnon yevrw tn
kallstvn genmenow, sa kat' cin, diatele. nn d t
met toy' mn loipn lgein soi t' esn, ka tnew: o gr
mpote fanmen ceudew. bebavw d diisxurzomai t ge
tosoton. lgv gr plin kt mn enai, tn d kt
trew mn ersyai, pnte d' ti loipw. tetrth d for
ka dijodow ma ka pmpth txei mn l sxedn sh, ka
ote bradutra ote yttvn t g' ppan. de totvn trin
ntvn tn non kann xonta gesyai. lgvmen d tataw
lou t' enai ka vsfrou, ka trtou^w mn nmati
frzein ok stin di t m gignskesyai, totou d' atiow
prtow tata katidn brbarow n: palaiw gr d
trpow yrecen tow prtouw tata nnosantaw di t
kllow tw yerinw raw, n Aguptw te Sura y' kanw
kkthtai, fanerow mn w pow epen straw e sm-
pantaw kayorntaw, te nefn ka dtvn pprosyen e
to ksmou kekthmnouw, yen ka pantaxse ka der'
jkei, bebasanismna xrn muriete te ka per. di
yarronta xr tata ew nmouw ysyai^t gr m tmia
t yea enai, t d tmia, safw ok mfrnvn^ti d ok
nmata sxhken, tn ge atan xr lgesyai tathn. ll
gr pvnuman elfasin yen: mn gr vsfrow sperw
te n atw Afrodthw enai sxedn xei lgon ka mla
Sur nomoyt prpon, d' mdromow l te ma ka
tot sxedn Ermo. trew d' ti forw lgvmen p deji
poreuomnvn met selnhw te ka lou. na d tn gdoon
xr lgein, n mlist tiw n ksmon prosagoreoi, w nan-
tow kenoiw smpasin poreetai, gvn tow llouw,
w ge nyrpoiw fanoit' n lga totvn edsin. sa d
kanw smen, ngkh lgein ka lgomen: gr ntvw
osa sofa tat p fanetai t ka smikr sunnoaw ryw
yeaw te meteilhfti. loipo d trew strew, n ew mn
bradutti diafrvn atn sti, Krnou d' atn tinew pv-
numan fyggontai: tn d met toton bradutti lgein
xr Diw, Arevw d met toton, pntvn d otow
ruyrtaton xei xrma. xalepn d odn totvn kata-
nosa tina frzontw tinow, ll maynta, w lgomen,
gesyai de.
Tde ge mn dianohynai xr pnt' ndra Ellhna, w
tpon xomen tn tn Ellnvn prw retn n tow sxedn
riston: t d' painetn ato xr lgein ti msow n eh
xeimnvn te ka tw yerinw fsevw, d' sterosa mn
ew t yerinn fsiw to per tn ke tpon, per epomen,
steron atow paraddvken t totvn tn yen to ksmou
katanhma. lbvmen d w tiper n Ellhnew barbrvn
paralbvsi, kllion toto ew tlow pergzontai: ka d
ka per t nn legmena tatn de dianohynai toto, w
xalepn mn pnta t toiata namfisbhttvw jeurskein,
poll d' lpw ma ka kal kllion ka dikaiteron
ntvw tw k tn barbrvn lyoshw fmhw te ma ka
yerapeaw pntvn totvn tn yen pimelsesyai tow
Ellhnaw, paideaiw te ka k Delfn manteaiw xrv-
mnouw ka ps t kat nmouw yerape&. tde d mhdew
pote fobhy tn Ellnvn, w o xr per t ye pote
pragmateesyai ynhtow ntaw, pn d tot dianohynai
tonanton, w ote fron stn pote t yeon ote gnoe
pou tn nyrvpnhn fsin, ll' oden ti didskontow a-
to sunakolouysei ka maysetai t didaskmena. ti d
didskei toto at mw, manynomen d mew riymn te ka
riymen, oden dpou. pntvn gr fronstaton n eh
toto gnoon: t legmenon gr n ntvw at at gnoo,
xalepanon t dunamn manynein, ll' o sugxaron neu
fynou di yen gay genomn. lgon d ka poln ka
kaln xei, tte mn, te per yen n nyrpoiw dianomata
prta, w te gnonto oo te ggnonto ka mn ka oaw
metexeirzonto prjeiw, m kat non tow sfrosin lgesyai
mhd flvw, mhd' w o deteroi, n ow presbtata mn t
purw lgeto ka datow ka tn llvn svmtvn, stera d
t tw yaumastw cuxw, ka for krettvn ka timivtra, n
sma elhxen frein at te aut yermthti ka cjesin
ka psin tow toiotoiw, ll' o cux sm te ka autn:
nn d' te lgomen cuxn mn, nper n smati gnhtai,
yama odn kinen te ka perifrein toto ka autn, od'
mn piste cux kat lgon odna w brow odn peri-
frein dunamnh. di ka nn mn jiontvn, cuxw oshw
ataw to lou, ka pntvn mn tn gayn ntvn toiotvn,
tn d a flarvn toiotvn llvn, tw mn forw pshw
ka kinsevw cuxn atan enai yama odn, tn d' p
tgayn forn ka knhsin tw rsthw cuxw enai, tn d'
p tonanton nantan, nenikhknai de ka nikn t gay
t m toiata.
Tata mn erhtai pnta kat tn tn nosvn timvrn
[d] dkhn: per d d t dokimazmenon ox on te mn
pisten w o de tn ge gayn sofn mw gesyai,
tn d sofan tathn, n zhtomen plai, dvmen n pot'
ra pinosvmen kat paidean kat txnhn, ntina to
gignskein ndeew ntew tn dikavn, gnmonew n emen
ntew toiotoi. dokomen d moi, ka lekton: nv gr ka
ktv zhtn moi katafanw ggonen, peirsomai dlhn
mn atn potelen. t d mgiston retw o kalw
prattmenon mn ggonen ation, w rti shmanein k tn
erhmnvn moi sfdra doke. mezon mn gr retw mhdew
mw pote pes tw esebeaw enai t ynht gnei: toto
d' ti di' mayan tn megsthn n taw rstaiw fsesin
o ggonen, lekton. ristai d' esn a xaleptata mn n
genmenai, mgiston d felow, n ggnvntai: t te gr tw
bradeaw te ka tw nantaw fsevw metrvw podexomnh
cux ka prvw, ekolow n eh, tn te ndrean gamnh,
ka prw t svfronen epeiyw, ka t ge mgiston, n
tataiw taw fsesin dunamnh manynein ka mnmvn osa,
e mla xarein totoiw atow dnait' n filomayw st'
enai. tata gr ote =dia fesyai, genmen te, ka
trofw ka paideaw tuxnta w de, tow plestouw atn
ka xerouw katxein rytata dnait' n t fronen ka
prttein ka lgein per yeow kasta w de te ka te de,
per yusaw te ka kayarmow tn per yeow te ka nyr-
pouw, o sxmasi texnzontaw, ll lhye& timntaw
retn, d ka mgistn sti sumpntvn ps t plei.
toto d on t mrow ena famen fsei kuritaton ka
dunatn w on te kllista ka rista mayen, e didskoi
tiw. ll' od' n didjeien, e m yew fhgoto: e t' on
didskoi, kat trpon d m dr t toioton, kretton m
manynein. mvw d' k tn nn legomnvn ngkh mayen
tata ka m lgein tn toiathn te ka rsthn fsin.
peirmeya d t te lg diejelyen t' stn ka oa ka
w de manynein, kat dnamin tn t' mn to lgontow
ka tn tn dunamnvn esakosai, yeosebeaw tini trp
tiw tna maysetai. sxedn mn on stin topon ko-
santi, t d' noma ato lgomen mew ge, tiw ok n pote
djeien di' peiran to prgmatos^stronoman^gnoe te
ti softaton ngkh tn lhyw stronmon enai, m tn
kay' Hsodon stronomonta ka pntaw tow toiotouw, oon
dusmw te ka natolw peskemmnon, ll tn tn kt
peridvn tw pt peridouw, diejioshw tn atn kklon
ksthw otvw w ok n =&dvw pot psa fsiw kan
gnoito yevrsai, m yaumastw metxousa fsevw. nn
erkamen romn te, w famen, p de te ka pvw xren
manynein: prton d' mn tde legsyv.
Selnh mn perodon tn atw txista dijeisin, gousa
mna ka panslhnon prthn: deteron d katanoen de
tn lion, tropw gonta di pshw tw ato peridou, ka
tot tow sundrmouw. na d m pollkiw tat per
tn atn dialegmeya, tw llaw saw n t prsyen
diejlyomen dow totvn o =dion sunnoen, p d tata
paraskeuzontaw fseiw oaw dunatn enai, xren poll
prodidskonta ka yzonta e diaponsasyai pada nta
ka neanskon. di mayhmtvn don n eh: t d mgistn
te ka prton ka riymn atn ll' o smata xntvn,
ll lhw tw to peritto te ka rtou gensew te ka
dunmevw, shn parxetai prw tn tn ntvn fsin.
tata d maynti totoiw fejw stin kalosi mn
sfdra geloon noma gevmetran, tn ok ntvn d
movn llloiw fsei riymn movsiw prw tn tn
pipdvn moran gegonu stin diafanw: d yama ok
nyrpinon ll gegonw yeon fanern n ggnoito t
dunamn sunnoen. met d tathn tow trw hjhmnouw
ka t stere fsei moouw: tow d nomoouw a gegon-
taw tr& txn moio, tat n d stereometran klesan
o prostuxew at gegontew: d yen t' stn ka yau-
mastn tow gkayors te ka dianooumnoiw w per t
diplsion e strefomnhw tw dunmevw ka tw j nantaw
tat kay' ksthn nalogan edow ka gnow potupotai
psa fsiw. mn d prth to diplasou kat' riymn
n prw do kat lgon feromnh, diplsion d kat
dnamin osa: d' ew t steren te ka ptn plin a
diplsion, f' nw ew kt diaporeuyesa: d diplasou
mn ew mson, svw d to lttonow plon lattn te to
mezonow, t d' teron t at mrei tn krvn atn
perxon te ka perexmenon^n ms d to j prw t
ddeka sunbh t te milion ka ptriton^totvn atn
n t ms p' mftera strefomnh tow nyrpoiw sm-
fvnon xrean ka smmetron penemato paidiw =uymo te
ka rmonaw xrin, edamoni xore& Mousn dedomnh.
Tata mn on d tat gignsyv te ka xtv smpanta:
t d' p totoiw tlow, ew yean gnesin ma ka tn
tn ratn kallsthn te ka yeiotthn fsin ton, shn
nyrpoiw yew dvken katiden, n opote neu tn nn
dieirhmnvn m katidn pejhta tiw =&stn paralaben.
prw totoiw d t kay' n t kat' edh prosakton n
kstaiw taw sunousaiw, rvtnt te ka lgxonta t m
kalw =hynta: pntvw gr kallsth ka prth bsanow
nyrpoiw ryw ggnetai, sai d ok osai prospoiontai,
mataitatow pnow pntvn. ti d tn krbeian to
xrnou mn lhpton, w kribw potele pnta t kat'
orann gignmena, n' pistesaw w lgow lhyw
ggonen ti presbtern t' stn ma ka yeiteron cux
smatow, gsait' n pagklvw te ka kanw ersyai t
yen enai pnta pla ka mhdpote ly mhd mele& tn
kreittnvn mw parvligvrsyai. nohton d' stn per
pnta t toiata tde, w, n mn tiw kasta totvn ryw
lambn, mg' felow ggnetai t paralambnonti kat
trpon, e d m, yen meinon e kalen: d trpow de
^ngkh gr t ge tosoton frzein^pn digramma
riymo te ssthma ka rmonaw sstasin pasan tw te
tn strvn periforw tn mologan osan man pntvn
nafannai de t kat trpon manynonti, fansetai d,
n, lgomen, ryw tiw ew n blpvn manyn^desmw
gr pefukw pntvn totvn ew nafansetai dianooumnoiw
^e d' llvw pvw tata metaxeirieta tiw, txhn de kalen,
sper ka lgomen. o gr neu ge totvn mpot tiw n
plesin edamvn gnhtai fsiw, ll' otow trpow, ath
trof, tata t maymata: ete xalep ete =dia, tat
poreuton. melsai d o yemitn stin yen, katafanow
genomnhw tw pntvn atn kat trpon legomnhw fmhw
etuxow. tn d smpanta tata otvw elhfta, toton
lgv tn lhystata softaton: n ka diisxurzomai
pazvn ka spoudzvn ma, te yant tiw tn toiotvn
tn ato moran naplsei, sxedn nper t' poyann
, mte meyjein ti polln tte kayper nn asysevn,
miw te moraw meteilhfta mnon ka k polln na
gegonta, edamon te sesyai ka softaton ma ka
makrion, ete tiw n peroiw et' n nsoiw makriow n
z, kkenon meyjein tw toiathw e txhw, kete dhmos&
tiw pithdesaw tata ete d& diabi, t at ka satvw
atn prjein par yen. d kat' rxw te lgomen,
ka nn atw presti lgow lhyw ntvw, w o dunatn
nyrpoiw telvw makaroiw te ka edamosi gensyai pln
lgvn, stin tata ryw erhmna: psoi gr yeoi ka
sfronew ma tw llhw te metxontew retw fsei, prw
d totoiw sa maymatow xetai makarou pnta elhftew
^ d' stin erkamen^totoisin mnoiw t to daimonou
smpanta kanw elhx te ka xei. tow mn on tata
otv diaponsasin d& lgomen ka dhmos& kat nmon
tyemen, ew presbtou tlow fikomnoiw tw megstaw
rxw paraddosyai den, tow d' llouw totoiw sunepo-
mnouw efhmen pntaw yeow ma ka psaw, ka tn
nukterinn sllogon p tathn tn sofan kanw gnntaw
te ka dokimsantaw mw rytata pntaw parakalen
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