# Res Publica Atheniensium 5.3

Aristotle, Res Publica Atheniensium, Section 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/res-publica-atheniensium/5.3

ἦν δʼ ὁ Σόλων τῇ μὲν φύσει καὶ τῇ δόξῃ τῶν πρώτων, τῇ δʼ οὐσίᾳ καὶ τοῖς πράγμασι τῶν μέσων, ὡς ἔκ τε τῶν ἄλλων ὁμολογεῖται, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐν τοῖσδε τοῖς ποιήμασιν μαρτυρεῖ, παραινῶν τοῖς πλουσίοις μὴ πλεονεκτεῖν· ὑμεῖς δʼ ἡσυχάσαντες ἐνὶ φρεσὶ καρτερὸν ἦτορ, οἳ πολλῶν ἀγαθῶν ἐς κόρον ἠλάσατε, ἐν μετρίοισι τίθεσθε μέγαν νόον. οὔτε γὰρ ἡμεῖς πεισόμεθʼ, οὔθʼ ὑμῖν ἄρτια ταῦτʼ ἔσεται. καὶ ὅλως αἰεὶ τὴν αἰτίαν τῆς στάσεως ἀνάπτει τοῖς πλουσίοις· διὸ καὶ ἐν ἀρχῇ τῆς ἐλεγείας δεδοικέναι φησὶ τήν τε φιλαργυρίαν τήν θʼ ὑπερηφανίαν, ὡς διὰ ταῦτα τῆς ἔχθρας ἐνεστώσης.

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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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