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Ancient contents - Book IV · Contents.IV.14-20–Contents.IV.21-26
Ancient Greek
p. 174814-20
14. Περὶ γεωργίας.
15. Περὶ ἡσυχίας.
16. Περὶ ναυτιλίας.
17. Περὶ τεχνῶν.
18. Περὶ δεσποτῶν καὶ δούλων.
19. Περὶ Ἀφροδίτης πανδήμου καὶ περὶ ἔρωτος τῶν κατὰ τὸ σῶμα ἡδονῶν.
20. Περὶ κάλλους.
21-26
21. Περὶ γάμου καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς τοῦ κεφαλαίου τούτου.
22. Γαμικὰ παραγγέλματα.
23. καὶ· Περὶ παίδων καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς τοῦ κεφαλαίου τούτου.
24. καὶ· Ὅτι χρὴ τοὺς γονεῖς τῆς καθηκούσης τιμῆς καταξιοῦσθαι παρὰ τῶν τέκνων.
25. Ὁποίους χρὴ εἶναι τοὺς πατέρας περὶ τὰ τέκνα.
26. Ὅτι κάλλιστον ἡ φιλαδελφία καὶ ἡ περὶ τοὺς συγγενεῖς διάθεσις.
Stobaeus, Volume I: Ancient contents - Book IV
p. 174914-20 · Livelihood, servitude, and bodily love
14. On agriculture.
15. On a quiet life.
16. On seafaring.
17. On crafts.
18. On masters and slaves.
19. On common Aphrodite and on love of bodily pleasures.
20. On beauty.2111
21-26 · Marriage, children, and kinship
21. On marriage and the further matters of this chapter.
22. Precepts for marriage.
23. And on children and the further matters of this chapter.
24. And that parents should be accorded due honor by their children.
25. How fathers should behave toward their children.
26. That affection between siblings and goodwill toward relatives are most beautiful.2112
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