Stobaeus, Volume I

Name: Stobaeus, Volume I
Author: John Stobaeus

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Book I Chapter 3 · I.3.heading–I.3.3

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p. 106

Κεφάλαιον Γʹ

I.3.heading

Περὶ Δίκης παρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ τεταγμένης ἐποπτεύειν τὰ ἐπὶ γῆς γιγνόμενα ὑπὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, τιμωροῦ οὔσης τῶν ἁμαρτανόντων.

1 Ἡσιόδου Ἔργων

I.3.1

Τόνδε γὰρ ἀνθρώποισι νόμον διέταξε Κρονίων, ἰχθύσι μὲν καὶ θηρσὶ καὶ οἰωνοῖς πετεεινοῖς ἔσθειν ἀλλήλους, ἐπεὶ οὐ δίκη ἐστὶν ἐν αὐτοῖς· ἀνθρώποισι δ’ ἔδωκε δίκην, ἣ πολλὸν ἀρίστη.

2 Σοφοκλῆς

I.3.2

Εἴ τοι νομίζεις ⟨ἄνδρα⟩ συγγενῆ κακῶς δρῶν οὐχ ὑφέξειν τὴν δίκην, οὐκ εὖ φρονεῖς.

3 ⟨Ἀδήλου τραγικοῦ ποιητοῦ⟩

I.3.3

Ὁρῶ γὰρ χρόνῳ δίκαν πάντ’ ἄγουσαν εἰς φῶς βροτοῖς.

Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 3

p. 107

Chapter 3: Justice and divine punishment

I.3.heading

On Justice, appointed by God to watch over what human beings do on earth, and to punish those who do wrong.¹⁰³

1 Hesiod, Works and Days

I.3.1

For the son of Cronus laid down this law for human beings: fish, wild beasts, and winged birds may devour one another, since justice is not among them; but to human beings he gave justice, by far the best gift.¹⁰⁴

2 Sophocles

I.3.2

If you think that, by wronging a ⟨man⟩ of your own kin, you will escape the penalty, your thinking is unsound.¹⁰⁵

3 ⟨An unidentified tragic poet⟩

I.3.3

For I see Justice, in time, bringing everything to light for mortals.¹⁰⁶

About This Reading Edition

Stobaeus gathered Greek philosophy and poetry for his son Septimius. Volume I presents the dedication testimony, On Arithmetic, Book I through chapter 60, and the ancient contents of all four books. This complete bilingual edition includes an introduction and 2,117 explanatory notes.

Historical Text and Translation

The Greek follows Curt Wachsmuth’s 1884 Volume I, checked against the supplied scan. Gaps, lost-chapter headings, and uncertain attributions remain visible. Chapter 2 includes a labeled proposed reconstruction. The appendix outlines Books I–IV; the full texts of Books II–IV are outside this volume. Reader pages preserve the companion PDF’s numbering.

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