# Stobaei Hermetica 24.5

Corpus Hermeticum, Stobaei Hermetica, Excerpt 24. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/corpus-hermeticum/stobaei-hermetica/24.5

αἱ μέντοι περὶ τὰ ἤθη τῶν βασιλευόντων γιγνόμεναι διαφοραὶ οὐκ ἐν τῇ τῆς ψυχῆς φΎσει κρίνονται, πᾶσαι γὰρ θεῖαι, ἀλλ᾽ ἐν τῇ τῶν δορυφορησάντων αὐτῆς τὴν κατάΒασιν ἀγγέλων καὶ δαιμόνων. αἱ γὰρ τοιαῦται καὶ ἐπὶ τοιαῦτα κατερχόμεναι δίχα προπομπῆς καὶ δορυφορίας οὐ κατέρχονται· οἶδε γὰρ ἡ ἄνω δίκη τὴν ἀξίαν ἑκάστῳ νέμειν, κἂν ἐκ τῆς 6 εὐημερούσης χώρας ἀπωθῶνται.

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Anonymous, Stobaei Hermetica, ed. Walter Scott. 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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