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John Stobaeus

Stobaeus, Volume I

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Book I Chapter 3 · I.3.28–I.3.32

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p. 120

28 ⟨Ἀδήλου τραγικοῦ ποιητοῦ⟩

I.3.28
Ὁρᾷς Δίκην ἄναυδον οὐχ ὁρωμένην εὕδοντι καὶ στείχοντι καὶ καθημένῳ· ἑξῆς δ’ ὀπαδεῖ δόχμιον, ἄλλοθ’ ὕστερον.

29 ⟨Ἀδήλου κωμικοῦ ποιητοῦ⟩

I.3.29
Οὐδὲν καλύπτει νὺξ κακῶς εἰργασμένον, ὅ τι δ’ ἂν ποιῇς ἀεὶ νόμιζ’ ὁρᾶν τινα.

30 Ἰξίονος

I.3.30
Ἐχθρὸς μὲν ἁνήρ, ἀλλὰ τὴν Δίκην σέβω.

31 Ὁμήρου

I.3.31
Οὐ γὰρ σχέτλια ἔργα θεοὶ μάκαρες φιλέουσιν, ἀλλὰ δίκην τίνουσι καὶ αἴσιμα ἔργ’ ἀνθρώπων.

32 ⟨Σοφοκλῆς⟩

I.3.32
Ἀεὶ γὰρ εὖ πίπτουσιν οἱ Διὸς κύβοι.
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Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 3

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28 ⟨An unidentified tragic poet⟩

I.3.28

You see Justice, voiceless, herself unseen by one who sleeps or walks or sits; she follows close, at one’s side, at another time behind.126

29 ⟨An unidentified comic poet⟩

I.3.29

Night hides no deed done wrongly; whatever you do, always suppose someone sees.

30 From Ixion

I.3.30

The man is my enemy, but I revere Justice.127

31 Homer

I.3.31

For the blessed gods do not love cruel deeds, but honor justice and the rightful works of human beings.128

32 ⟨Sophocles⟩

I.3.32

For Zeus’s dice always fall well.

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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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