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Book I Chapter 3 · I.3.41–I.3.45
Ancient Greek
p. 12641 ⟨Ἀδήλου τραγικοῦ ποιητοῦ⟩
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43 ⟨Ἀδήλου τραγικοῦ ποιητοῦ⟩
44 ⟨Ἀδήλου τραγικοῦ ποιητοῦ⟩
45 ⟨Ἀδήλου τραγικοῦ ποιητοῦ⟩
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 3
p. 12741 ⟨An unidentified tragic poet⟩
Justice alone cannot be entreated by human beings.
42 ⟨An unidentified tragic poet⟩
Do not make your song too childish; for the god, though standing far away, hears from close at hand.
43 ⟨An unidentified tragic poet⟩
Whoever speaks evil while thinking well groans in silence.135
44 ⟨An unidentified tragic poet⟩
The divine brings the wicked to justice.
45 ⟨An unidentified tragic poet⟩
Great is the gods’ power over human beings; foolish are all who hide what is just beneath an unjust way of life. For great is the eye of divine powers: to them wrongdoers pay requital for their evils.136
Socrates
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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.
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