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σεμνότατον δὲ διείληπται παρ᾽ Αἰγυπτίοις τὸ τοὺς γονεῖς ἢ τοὺς προγόνους φανῆναι περιττότερον τετιμηκότας εἰς τὴν αἰώνιον οἴκησιν μεταστάντας. νόμιμον δ᾽ ἐστὶ παρ᾽ αὐτοῖς καὶ τὸ διδόναι τὰ σώματα τῶν τετελευτηκότων γονέων εἰς ὑποθήκην δανείου: τοῖς δὲ μὴ λυσαμένοις ὄνειδός τε τὸ μέγιστον ἀκολουθεῖ καὶ μετὰ τὴν τελευτὴν στέρησις ταφῆς. [2] θαυμάσαι δ᾽ ἄν τις προσηκόντως τοὺς ταῦτα διατάξαντας, ὅτι τὴν ἐπιείκειαν καὶ τὴν σπουδαιότητα τῶν ἠθῶν οὐκ ἐκ τῆς τῶν ζώντων ὁμιλίας μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῆς τῶν τετελευτηκότων [p. 157] ταφῆς καὶ θεραπείας ἐφ᾽ ὅσον ἦν ἐνδεχόμενον τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ἐνοικειοῦν ἐφιλοτιμήθησαν. [3] οἱ μὲν γὰρ Ἕλληνες μύθοις πεπλασμένοις καὶ φήμαις διαβεβλημέναις τὴν περὶ τούτων πίστιν παρέδωκαν, τήν τε τῶν εὐσεβῶν τιμὴν καὶ τὴν τῶν πονηρῶν τιμωρίαν: τοιγαροῦν οὐχ οἷον ἰσχῦσαι δύναται ταῦτα προτρέψασθαι τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ἐπὶ τὸν ἄριστον βίον, ἀλλὰ τοὐναντίον ὑπὸ τῶν φαύλων χλευαζόμενα πολλῆς καταφρονήσεως τυγχάνουσι: [4] παρὰ δὲ τοῖς Αἰγυπτίοις οὐ μυθώδους, ἀλλ᾽ ὁρατῆς τοῖς μὲν πονηροῖς τῆς κολάσεως, τοῖς δ᾽ ἀγαθοῖς τῆς τιμῆς οὔσης, καθ᾽ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν ἀμφότεροι τῶν ἑαυτοῖς προσηκόντων ὑπομιμνήσκονται, καὶ διὰ τούτου τοῦ τρόπου ἡ μεγίστη καὶ συμφορωτάτη διόρθωσις γίνεται τῶν ἠθῶν. κρατίστους δ᾽, οἶμαι, τῶν νόμων ἡγητέον οὐκ ἐξ ὧν εὐπορωτάτους, ἀλλ᾽ ἐξ ὧν ἐπιεικεστάτους τοῖς ἤθεσι καὶ πολιτικωτάτους συμβήσεται γενέσθαι τοὺς ἀνθρώπους.
Diodori Bibliotheca Historica, Vol 1-2. Diodorus Siculus. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888-1890. Keyboarding.
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