# P.Herc. 831 7

Demetrius Laco, P.Herc. 831, Column 7. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demetrius-laco/p-herc-831/7

καὶ διαστροφῆι, φόβωι μὲν ἐπὶ δούλων διατροπῆι δὲ ἐπ' ἐλευθέρων, πρὸς δὲ τούτοις ἐπιθυμίαι ποτὲ καὶ περισπασμ ῶι. ὁ μὲγ γὰρ οὖν γενόμενος περὶ πλούτου συλλογὴν καὶ πᾶς εἰς τοῦτο πραγματευόμενος ἀμετεώριστος γείνεται ὀλβίωι τινὶ καταληφθεὶς περισπασμῶι. καὶ τοῦτον μὲν τοῦτο τὸ παράλλαγμα τότ' ἐπέσχεν ἢ ἐκράτησεν, ἔστι δὲ φανερὸν ἐκ τῶν αὐτῶν λόγων διότι τὰς κενὰς ἐπιθυμίας.

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Demetrius Laco, P.Herc. 831. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY 3.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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