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Book I Chapter 49 · I.49.47.3–I.49.47.4
Ancient Greek
p. 134847.3
Τὰ δὲ προπύλαια τῆς εἰς Πλούτωνος ὁδοῦ σιδηροῖς τείχεσι καὶ κλεισὶ διωχύρωται. Ταῦτα δὲ ἀνοίξαντα ποταμὸς Ἀχέρων ἐκδέχεται, μεθ᾽ ὃν Κωκυτός· οὓς χρὴ πορθμευθέντας ἀχθῆναι ἐπὶ Μίνω καὶ Ῥαδάμανθυν ἐν πεδίῳ ᾧ κλήζεται ἀληθείας.
47.4
Καθέζονται δὲ δικασταὶ ἀνακρίνοντες τῶν ἀφικνουμένων ἕκαστον, τίνα βίον βεβίωκε καὶ τίσιν ἐπιτηδεύμασιν ἐνῳκίσθη τῷ σώματι. Ψεύσασθαι δὲ ἀμήχανον.
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 49
p. 134947.3 · The gates and rivers of the underworld
The entrance to the road leading to Pluto’s dwelling is fortified with iron walls and bars. Once a person has opened these, the river Acheron receives him, and after it Cocytus. Having been ferried across them, one must be brought before Minos and Rhadamanthys, in a plain called the Plain of Truth.1626
47.4 · Judgment without concealment
They sit as judges, examining each arrival about the life he has lived and the pursuits with which he dwelt in the body. It is impossible to lie.1627
Socrates
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