Political and Ethical Fragments.
POLITICAL FRAGMENTS
OF
ARCHYTAS, CHARONDAS, ZALEUCUS,
AND OTHER
ANCIENT PYTHAGOREANS,
PRESERVED BY STOBÆUS;
AND ALSO,
ETHICAL FRAGMENTS
OF
Hierocles,
THE CELEBRATED COMMENTATOR ON THE GOLDEN PYTHAGORIC VERSES,
PRESERVED BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
TRANSLATED FROM THE GREEK
BY THOMAS TAYLOR.
Αβαπτιστος ειμι φελλος ως
υπερ ερκος αλμας.
Pind. Pyth. Od. 2.
Just like a cork unmerged I keep
On the broad barrier of the deep.
Chiswick:
PRINTED BY C. WHITTINGHAM,
COLLEGE HOUSE;
FOR THE TRANSLATOR, MANOR PLACE, WALWORTH.
1822.
Table of Contents
| [INTRODUCTION.] |
| [POLITICAL FRAGMENTS OF THE PYTHAGOREANS.] |
| | [FROM THE TREATISE OF HIPPODAMUS THE THURIAN ON A REPUBLIC.] |
| [FROM THE TREATISE OF DIOTOGENES ON SANCTITY.] |
| [FROM THE TREATISE OF ARCHYTAS ON LAW AND JUSTICE.] |
| [AND IN ANOTHER PART OF THE SAME WORK.] |
| [IN ANOTHER PART ALSO OF THE SAME WORK.] |
| [ON THE MUTATIONS OF POLITIES, FROM THE TREATISE OF HIPPODAMUS ON A POLITY.] |
| [FROM DIOTOGENES IN HIS TREATISE CONCERNING A KINGDOM.] |
| [AND IN ANOTHER PART OF THE SAME TREATISE.] |
| [FROM THE TREATISE OF STHENIDAS THE LOCRIAN, ON A KINGDOM.] |
| [FROM THE TREATISE OF ECPHANTUS, THE CROTONIAN, ON A KINGDOM.] |
| [AND IN ANOTHER PART OF THE SAME WORK.] |
| [FROM ARCHYTAS.] |
| [FROM THE TREATISE OF DIOTOGENES ON SANCTITY.] |
| [THE PREFACE OF CHARONDAS, THE CATANEAN, TO HIS TREATISE OF LAWS.] |
| [THE PREFACE OF ZALEUCUS, THE LOCRIAN, TO HIS LAWS.] |
| [FROM THE TREATISE OF CALLICRATIDAS ON THE FELICITY OF FAMILIES.] |
| [AND IN ANOTHER PART OF THE SAME WORK.] |
| [AND AGAIN, IN ANOTHER PART OF THE SAME WORK.] |
| [FROM THE TREATISE OF PERICTYONE ON THE DUTIES OF A WOMAN.] |
| [FROM THE TREATISE OF PERICTYONE ON THE HARMONY OF A WOMAN.] |
| [ON THE REVERENCE DUE TO PARENTS. FROM THE APOPHTHEGMS OF ARISTOXENUS, THE TARENTINE.] |
| [AND IN THE FOURTH BOOK OF THE SAME WORK.] |
| [FROM THE TREATISE OF PEMPELUS ON PARENTS.] |
| [FROM THE TREATISE OF PHINTYS, THE DAUGHTER OF CALLICRATES, ON THE TEMPERANCE OF A WOMAN.] |
| [ETHICAL FRAGMENTS OF HIEROCLES,] |
| [HOW WE OUGHT TO CONDUCT OURSELVES TOWARDS THE GODS.] |
| [HOW WE OUGHT TO CONDUCT OURSELVES TOWARDS OUR COUNTRY.] |
| [AFTER WHAT MANNER WE OUGHT TO CONDUCT OURSELVES TOWARDS OUR PARENTS.] |
| [ON FRATERNAL LOVE.] |
| [ON WEDLOCK.] |
| [HOW WE OUGHT TO CONDUCT OURSELVES TOWARDS OUR [OTHER] KINDRED.] |
| [ON ECONOMICS.] |