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τοιαῦτα τοῦ Νομιτωρίου λέξαντος καὶ τοῦ περιεστηκότος ὄχλου μεγάλῃ βοῇ διασημήναντος, ὡς δίκαια ἀξιοῖ, μικρὸν ἐπισχὼν χρόνον Ἄππιος: ἐγὼ τὸν μὲν νόμον, εἶπεν, οὐκ ἀγνοῶ τὸν ὑπὲρ τῆς διεγγυήσεως τῶν εἰς δουλείαν ἀγομένων κείμενον, ὃς οὐκ ἐᾷ παρὰ τοῖς ἀφαιρουμένοις εἶναι τὸ σῶμα μέχρι δίκης, οὐδὲ καταλύσαιμι ἂν ὃν αὐτὸς ἔγραψα ἑκών: ἐκεῖνο μέντοι δίκαιον ἡγοῦμαι, δυεῖν ὄντων τῶν ἀντιποιουμένων, κυρίου καὶ πατρός, εἰ μὲν ἀμφότεροι παρῆσαν, τὸν πατέρα κρατεῖν τοῦ σώματος μέχρι δίκης. [2] ἐπεὶ δ᾽ ἐκεῖνος ἄπεστι, τὸν κύριον ἀπαγαγεῖν ἐγγυητὰς ἀξιοχρέους δόντα καταστήσειν ἐπὶ τὴν ἀρχήν, ὅταν ὁ πατὴρ αὐτῆς παραγένηται. περὶ δὲ τῶν ἐγγυητῶν [p. 166] καὶ τοῦ τιμήματος καὶ τοῦ μηδὲν ὑμᾶς ἐλαττωθῆναι περὶ τὴν δίκην, πολλὴν ποιήσομαι πρόνοιαν, ὦ Νομιτώριε. [3] νῦν δὲ παράδος τὴν κόρην. τοῦτο τὸ τέλος ἐξενέγκαντος Ἀππίου πολὺς μὲν ὀδυρμὸς ὑπὸ τῆς παρθένου καὶ τῶν περὶ αὐτὴν γυναικῶν ἐγίνετο καὶ κοπετός, πολλὴ δὲ κραυγὴ καὶ ἀγανάκτησις ἐκ τοῦ περιεστηκότος ὄχλου τὸ βῆμα. ὁ δὲ μέλλων ἄγεσθαι τὴν κόρην Ἰκίλιος ἐμφύεταί τε αὐτῆς καί φησιν: οὐκ ἐμοῦ γε ζῶντος, Ἄππιε, ταύτην ἀπάξεταί τις. [4] ἀλλ᾽ εἴ σοι δέδοκται τοὺς νόμους καταλύειν, τὰ δὲ δίκαια συγχεῖν καὶ τὴν ἐλευθερίαν ἡμῶν ἀφαιρεῖσθαι, μηκέτι τὴν ὀνειδιζομένην ὑμῖν ἀρνοῦ τυραννίδα, ἀλλὰ τὸν ἐμὸν ἀποκόψας τράχηλον ταύτην τε ἀπαγαγεῖν, ὅπου σοι δοκεῖ, καὶ τὰς ἄλλας παρθένους καὶ γυναῖκας, ἵνα δὴ μάθωσιν ἤδη ποτὲ Ῥωμαῖοι δοῦλοι γεγονότες ἀντ᾽ ἐλευθέρων, καὶ μηδὲν ἔτι μεῖζον φρονῶσι τῆς τύχης. [5] τί οὖν ἔτι μέλλεις, ἀλλ᾽ οὐ τοὐμὸν ἐκχεῖς αἷμα πρὸ τοῦ βήματος ἐν τοῖς ἁπάντων ὀφθαλμοῖς; ἴσθι μέντοι σαφῶς, ὅτι ἤτοι μεγάλων κακῶν ἄρξει Ῥωμαίοις ὁ θάνατος οὑμὸς ἢ μεγάλων ἀγαθῶν.
Dionysii Halicarnasei Antiquitatum Romanarum quae supersunt, Vol I-IV. Dionysius of Halicarnassus. Karl Jacoby. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1885. Keyboarding.
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