Stobaeus, Volume I

Name: Stobaeus, Volume I
Author: John Stobaeus

Greek with an independent English translation.

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Book I Chapter 3 · I.3.33–I.3.36

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33 Εὐριπίδης Ἀντιόπῃ

I.3.33

Τὴν τοι Δίκην λέγουσι παῖδ’ εἶναι Χρόνου, δείκνυσι δ’ ἡμῶν ὅστις ἔστ’ ἢ μὴ κακός.

34 Ἀρχιλόχου

I.3.34

Ὦ Ζεῦ, πάτερ Ζεῦ, σὸν μὲν οὐρανοῦ κράτος, σὺ δ’ ἔργ’ ἐπ’ ἀνθρώπων ὁρᾷς λεωργὰ κἀθέμιστα, σοὶ δὲ θηρίων ὕβρις τε καὶ δίκη μέλει.

35 Εὐριπίδης Ἀρχελάῳ

I.3.35

Τὰ γὰρ οὐκ ὀρθῶς πράσσομεν ὀρθῶς τοῖς πράσσουσιν κακὸν ἦλθε.

36 ⟨Σοφοκλῆς⟩

I.3.36

Καὶ ταῦτα μὲν τοιαῦθ’· ὅταν δέ τις θεῶν βλάπτῃ, δύναιτ’ ἂν οὐδ’ ἂν ἰσχύων φυγεῖν.

Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 3

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33 Euripides, Antiope

I.3.33

They say that Justice is the child of Time; she reveals who among us is wicked and who is not.¹²⁹

34 Archilochus

I.3.34

Zeus, father Zeus, yours is the rule of heaven; you look upon human deeds, reckless and lawless; and among wild beasts you care for outrage and for justice.¹³⁰

35 Euripides, Archelaus

I.3.35

For what we do wrongly rightly comes as evil upon those who do it.

36 ⟨Sophocles⟩

I.3.36

Such, then, are these things. But when one of the gods brings harm, not even a strong man could escape.¹³¹

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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Diotimos Editions prepared this independent English translation directly from the Greek. Prose and verse retain their distinct forms, with mixed passages preserving their quoted verse. Every passage is paired with its Greek and identified by the edition’s reference number. All 2,117 notes remain linked to their passages, with continuous numbering across the introduction and text.

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