#neanian gar andra chrê tolman aei; oudeis gar ôn rhâithymos eukleês anêr. all' hoi ponoi tiktousi tên eudoxian.
ouk estin hostis hêdeôs zêtôn bioun eukleian eisektêsat' alla chrê ponein.
ho d' hêdys aiôn hê kakê t' anandria out' oikon oute gaian orthôseien an.
eme d' ar' ou mochthein dikaion? tis d' amochthos eukleês? tis tôn megistôn deilos ôn ôrexato?#[61]
The political morality deduced from this view of life is stern and noble:
#gnômêi gar andros eu men oikountai poleis, eu d' oikos, eis t' au polemon ischyei mega; sophon gar hen bouleuma tas pollas cheras nikâi; syn ochlôi d' amathia pleiston kakon.
treis eisin aretai tas chreôn s' askein, teknon, theous te timan tous te physantas goneis, nomous te koinous Hellados; kai tauta drôn kalliston hexeis stephanon eukleias aei.#[62]
Nor is the condemnation of mere pleasure-seeking less severe:
#anêr gar hostis eu bion kektêmenos ta men kat' oikous ameliâi pareis eâi, molpaisi d' hêstheis tout' aei thêreuetai, argos men oikois kai polei genêsetai philoisi d' oudeis; hê physis gar oichetai hotan glykeias hêdonês hêssôn tis êi.#[63]
The indifference induced by satiety is well characterized in the following lines:
#koros de pantôn; kai gar ek kallionôn lektrois ep' aischrois eidon ekpeplêgmenous. daitos de plêrôtheis tis asmenos palin phaulêi diaitêi prosbalôn hêsthê stoma.#[64]
In the foregoing specimens no selection has been made of lines remarkable for their æsthetic beauty. This omission is due to Stobæus, who was more bent on extracting moral maxims than strains of poetry comparable with the invocation of Hippolytus to Artemis. Two, however, I have marked for translation on account of their artistic charm; the first for its pretty touch of picturesqueness, the second for its sympathy with sculpture:
#polys d' aneirpe kissos euphyês klados chelidonôn mouseion.
ea; tin' ochthon tond' horô perirrhyton aphrôi thalassês, parthenou t' eikô tina ex automorphôn laïnôn teichismatôn sophês agalma cheiros.#[65]
Some passages, worthy of preservation, yet not easily classified, may wind up the series. Here is "Envy, eldest born of hell:"
#tis ara mêtêr ê patêr kakon mega brotois ephyse ton dysônymon phthonon? pou kai pot' oikei sômatôn lachôn meros? en chersin ê splanchnoisin ê par' ommata esth' hêmin? hôs ên mochthos iatrois megas tomais aphairein ê potois ê pharmakois pasôn megistên tôn en anthrôpois nosôn.#[66]