# P.Herc. 339 20

Philodemus, P.Herc. 339, Column 20. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philodemus/p-herc-339/20

κα ας β ἀνέχεσθαι μηδὲ τῶν ἄ λ λων μέρων, ἐὰν ἀφαιρεθῆι καὶ τοὺς ἀνθρώπους δεῖν πατροφονεῖν καί μήτ ε πόλιν ἡγεῖσθαι μηδεμίαν ὧν ἐπιστάμεθα μήτε νόμον. ἅπαντας οἴ εσθαι παιδάρια καὶ μαινομένους ὑπάρχειν ὥς γε καὶ νοσεῖ ν καὶ β καὶ τοὺς φίλους νο μίζειν ὑ πούλους καἰπίσ τ ους καὶ θεοῖ ς ἐχθροὺς καὶ αὑτοῖς, ὥστε μηδεμίαν πίστιν τῶν νῦν ανι η ε κσ κατοὺς κα το ἐμ πᾶσιν ἁμαρτολούς, ὥστε μηδὲ τῶν νομιζομένων καλῶν ἢ δικαίων παρ' αὐτοῖς μηδὲν καλὸν ἐν τῆι φύσει καθεστηκέναι καὶ δίκαιον δὲ τῶν αἰσχρῶν καὶ ἀδίκων οὕτως ἔχοντας ἅμα νεανικῶς ἀποπληκτεύεσθαι πρὸς τοὺς χιτονει σθαι. κἄν λ π ἀνδρ ῶν τε καὶ γυναικῶν

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Philodemus, P.Herc. 339. 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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