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ἐλπίζω μὲν οὖν αὐτὸν καὶ δώσειν δίκην, θαυμάσιον δὲ οὐδὲν ἄν μοι γένοιτο, οὔτε γὰρ ὁ θεὸς παραχρῆμα κολάζει ἀλλ᾽ αὕτη μέν ἐστιν ἀνθρωπίνη δίκη1: πολλαχόθεν δὲ ἔχω τεκμαιρόμενος εἰκάζειν, ὁρῶν καὶ ἑτέρους ἠσεβηκότας χρόνω δεδωκότας δίκην, καὶ τοὺς ἐξ ἐκείνων διὰ τὰ τῶν προγόνων ἁμαρτήματα: ἐν δὲ τούτω τῷ χρόνῳ δέῃ πολλὰ καὶ κινδύνους ὁ θεὸς ἐπιπέμπει τοῖς ἀδικοῦσιν, ὥστε πολλοὺς ἤδη ἐπιθυμῆσαι τελευτήσαντας τῶν κακῶν ἀπηλλάχθαι. ὁ δὲ θεὸς τέλος τούτῳ λυμηνάμενος τῷ βίῳ θάνατον ἐπέθηκε.
Lysias. Lysias with an English translation by W.R.M. Lamb, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1930.
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