# P.Herc. 425, 1079, 1086, 1580, 1674 4-3

Philodemus, P.Herc. 425, 1079, 1086, 1580, 1674, Fragment 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philodemus/p-herc-425-1079-1086-1580-1674/4-3

παραμυθεῖσθαι καὶ πάντως· εἴπερ οὖν ἀπάτη καὶ τὸ ἀπατᾶν γίνεται πάντως, ὧι συμβέβηκε τὸ ἀπατᾶν, καὶ αὐτὸς ἀπ α τᾶται, ὥστ' οὐ μᾶλλον ἀπατῶσιν ἐν ἀγῶσιν καὶ οἱ δυνατοὶ ἢ ἀπατῶνται. Θαυ μ άζω δ', εἰ μὴ μυριάκις αὐτῆι ἠπάτα πολλοὺς Θεόδωρος· οὗτος γὰρ δύνα μιν ἔχων τῆς ἀπάτης οὐχὶ καὶ ἑαυτὸν ὁμολογεῖ πλανᾶσθαι· ἔτι δ' εἰ λέγεται τὸ ὑποτιθέντας ἡμᾶς ὑποτίθεσθαι, πιθανόν, καὶ τοὺς κλέπτας καὶ τ οιχωρύχους κ αὶ λειποια καὶ βαλαντιοτόμους διη

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Philodemus, P.Herc. 425, 1079, 1086, 1580, 1674. 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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