# Fragmenta 16

Hippias, Fragmenta, Fragment 16. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hippias-soph/fragmenta-2/16

16. [13] STOB. III 38, 32 Πλουτάρχου ἐκ τοῦ 〈Περὶ τοῦ〉 διαβάλλειν. Ἱ. λέγει δύο εἶναι φθόνους· τὸν μὲν δίκαιον, ὅταν τις τοῖς κακοῖς φθονῆι τιμωμένοις, τὸν δὲ ἄδικον, ὅταν τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς. καὶ διπλᾶ τῶν ἄλλων οἱ φθονεροὶ κακοῦνται· οὐ γὰρ μόνον τοῖς ἰδίοις κακοῖς ἄχθονται ὥσπερ ἐκεῖνοι, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖς ἀλλοτρίοις ἀγαθοῖς.’

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Hippias of Elis, Fragmenta, ed. Hermann Diels. 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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