# Res Publica Atheniensium 16.6

Aristotle, Res Publica Atheniensium, Section 16. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/res-publica-atheniensium/16.6

τοιαύτης γάρ τινος ἐξόδου τῷ Πεισιστράτῳ γιγνομένης, συμβῆναί φασι τὰ περὶ τὸν ἐν τῷ Ὑμηττῷ γεωργοῦντα τὸ κληθὲν ὕστερον χωρίον ἀτελές. ἰδὼν γάρ τινα παντελῶς πέτρας σκάπτοντα καὶ ἐργαζόμενον, διὰ τὸ θαυμάσαι τὸν παῖδα ἐκέλευσεν ἐρέσθαι, τί γίγνεται ἐκ τοῦ χωρίου. ὁ δʼ "3ὅσα κακὰ καὶ ὀδύναι"3 ἔφη, "3καὶ τούτων τῶν κακῶν καὶ τῶν ὀδυνῶν Πεισίστρατον δεῖ λαβεῖν τὴν δεκάτην."3 ὁ μὲν οὖν ἄνθρωπος ἀπεκρίνατο ἀγνοῶν, ὁ δὲ Πεισίστρατος ἡσθεὶς διὰ τὴν παρρησίαν καὶ τὴν φιλεργίαν ἀτελῆ πάντων ἐποίησεν αὐτόν.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0086.tlg003.local003/.