# Epistula ad Hipparchum 5

Lysis, Epistula ad Hipparchum, Section 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lysis/epistula-ad-hipparchum/5

(5) τὰς μὲν ὦν ἀκρασίας ἐξεβλάστασαν ἄθεσμοι γάμοι καὶμέθαι καὶ φθοραὶ καὶ παρὰ φύσιν ἁδοναὶ καὶ σφοδραί τινες ὁρμαὶ μέχρι βαράθρων καὶ κρημνῶν ἐκδιώκουσαι· ἤδη γάρ τινας ἀνάγκαξαν ἐπιθυμίαι μήτε ματέρων μήτε θυγατέρων ἀποσχέσθαι, καὶ δὴ παρωσάμεναι πόλιν καὶ νόμως κατὰ τύραννον περιαγαγῶσαι τὼς ἀγκῶνας, ὡς αἰχμαλώτω; ἐπὶ τὸν ἔσχατον ὄλεθρον μετὰ βίας ἄγουσαι κατέστασαν. τᾶς δὲ πλεονεξίας ἐκπεφύκαντι ἁρπαγαί τε καὶ λᾳστεῖαι, τροκτονίαι ἱεροσυλίαι φαρμακεῖαι, καὶ ὅσα τούτων ἀδελφά.

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Lysis, Epistula ad Hipparchum, ed. Rudolf Hercher. 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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0633.tlg001.local001/.