# Res Publica Atheniensium 12.1

Aristotle, Res Publica Atheniensium, Section 12. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/res-publica-atheniensium/12.1

ταῦτα δʼ ὅτι τοῦτον τὸν τρόπον ἔσχεν οἵ τʼ ἄλλοι συμφωνοῦσι πάντες, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐν τῇ ποιήσει μέμνηται περὶ αὐτῶν ἐν τοῖσδε· δήμῳ μὲν γὰρ ἔδωκα τόσον γέρας, ὅσσον ἀπαρκεῖ, τιμῆς οὔτʼ ἀφελὼν οὔτʼ ἐπορεξάμενος· οἳ δʼ εἶχον δύναμιν καὶ χρήμασιν ἦσαν ἀγητοί, καὶ τοῖς ἐφρασάμην μηδὲν ἀεικὲς ἔχειν. ἔστην δʼ ἀμφιβαλὼν κρατερὸν σάκος ἀμφοτέροισι, νικᾶν δʼ οὐκ εἴασʼ οὐδετέρους ἀδίκως.

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Aristotle, Res Publica Atheniensium, ed. Frederic G Kenyon. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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