# Fragmenta 17

Hippias, Fragmenta, Fragment 17. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hippias-soph/fragmenta-2/17

17. [14] — — 42, 10 Πλουτάρχου ἐκ τοῦ 〈Περὶ τοῦ〉 διαβάλλειν. Ἱ. φησίν, ὅτι δεινόν ἐστιν ἡ διαβολία, οὕτως ὀνομάζων, ὅτι οὐδὲ τιμωρία τις κατ’ αὐτῶν γέγραπται ἐν τοῖς νόμοις ὥσπερ τῶν κλεπτῶν· καίτοι ἄριστον ὂν κτῆμα τὴν φιλίαν κλέπτουσιν, ὥστε ἡ ὕβρις κακοῦργος οὖσα δικαιοτέρα ἐστὶ τῆς διαβολῆς διὰ τὸ μὴ ἀφανὴς εἶναι.

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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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