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20. Ζάλευκος τοίνυν
ἦν τὸ γένος ἐκ τῆς Ἰταλίας Λοκρός, ἀνὴρ εὐγενὴς καὶ κατὰ
παιδείαν τεθαυμασμένος, μαθητὴς δὲ Πυθαγόρου τοῦ φιλοσόφου. οὗτος
πολλῆς ἀποδοχῆς τυγχάνων ἐν τῇ πατρίδι νομοθέτης ᾑρέθη, καὶ
καταβαλόμενος ἐξ ἀρχῆς καινὴν νομοθεσίαν ἤρξατο πρῶτον περὶ τῶν
ἐπουρανίων θεῶν.
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εὐθὺς γὰρ ἐν τῷ
προοιμίῳ τῆς ὅλης νομοθεσίας ἔφη δεῖν τοὺς κατοικοῦντας ἐν τῇ
πόλει πάντων πρῶτον ὑπολαβεῖν καὶ πεπεῖσθαι θεοὺς εἶναι, καὶ ταῖς
διανοίαις ἐπισκοποῦντας τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν διακόσμησιν καὶ τάξιν
κρίνειν οὐ τύχης οὐδ᾽ ἀνθρώπων εἶναι ταῦτα κατασκευάσματα, σέβεσθαί
τε τοὺς θεούς, ὡς πάντων τῶν ἐν τῷ βίῳ καλῶν καὶ ἀγαθῶν αἰτίους
ὄντας τοῖς ἀνθρώποις, ἔχειν δὲ καὶ τὴν ψυχὴν καθαρὰν πάσης κακίας,
ὡς τῶν θεῶν οὐ χαιρόντων ταῖς τῶν πονηρῶν θυσίαις τε καὶ δαπάναις,
ἀλλὰ ταῖς τῶν ἀγαθῶν ἀνδρῶν δικαίαις τε καὶ καλαῖς ἐπιτηδεύσεσι.
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διὰ δὲ τοῦ προοιμίου προκαλεσάμενος
τοὺς πολίτας εἰς εὐσέβειαν καὶ δικαιοσύνην, ἐπέζευξε προστάττων
μηδένα τῶν πολιτῶν ἐχθρὸν ἀκατάλλακτον ἔχειν, ἀλλ᾽ οὕτω τὴν
ἔχθραν ἀναλαμβάνειν ὡς ἥξοντα πάλιν εἰς σύλλυσιν καὶ φιλίαν: τὸν
δὲ παρὰ ταῦτα ποιοῦντα διαλαμβάνεσθαι παρὰ τοῖς πολίταις ἀνήμερον καὶ
ἄγριον τὴν ψυχήν. τοὺς δὲ ἄρχοντας παρεκελεύετο μὴ εἶναι αὐθάδεις
μηδὲ ὑπερηφάνους, μηδὲ κρίνειν πρὸς ἔχθραν ἢ φιλίαν. ἐν δὲ τοῖς
κατὰ μέρος νομοθετήμασι πολλὰ παρ᾽ ἑαυτοῦ προσεξεῦρε μάλα σοφῶς καὶ
περιττῶς.
Diodorus Siculus. Diodorus of Sicily in Twelve Volumes with an English Translation by C. H. Oldfather. Vol. 4-8. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989.
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