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Moralia, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1931. urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg083.local001","excerpt":"περὶ ἀρετῆς, ὦ Κλέα, γυναικῶν οὐ τὴν αὐτὴν τῷ Θουκυδίδῃ γνώμην ἔχομεν. ὁ μὲν γάρ, ἧς ἂν ἐλάχιστος ᾖ παρὰ τοῖς ἐκτὸς ψόγου πέρι ἢ ἐπαίνου λόγος, ἀρίστην ἀποφαίνεται, καθάπερ τὸ σῶμα καὶ τοὔνομα τῆς ἀγαθῆς γυναικὸς οἰόμενος δεῖν κατάκλειστον εἶναι καὶ ἀνέξοδον. ἡμῖν δὲ κομψότερος μὲν ὁ Γοργίας φαίνεται, κελεύων μὴ τὸ εἶδος ἀλλὰ τὴν δόξαν εἶναι πολλοῖς γνώριμον τῆς γυναικός· ἄριστα δʼ ὁ Ῥωμαίων δοκεῖ νόμος ἔχειν, ὥσπερ ἀνδράσι καὶ γυναιξὶ δημοσίᾳ μετὰ τὴν τελευτὴν τοὺς προσήκοντας ἀποδιδοὺς ἐπαίνους. διὸ καὶ Λεοντίδος τῆς ἀρίστης ἀποθανούσης, εὐθύς τε μετὰ σοῦ τότε πολὺν λόγον εἴχομεν οὐκ ἀμοιροῦντα παραμυθίας φιλοσόφου, καὶ νῦν, ὡς ἐβουλήθης, ἐβουλήθης the preferable form: ἠβουλήθης. τὰ ὑπόλοιπα τῶν λεγομένων εἰς ʼτὸ μίαν εἶναι καὶ τὴν αὐτὴν ἀνδρὸς καὶ γυναικὸς ἀρετὴν προσανέγραψά σοι, τὸ ἱστορικὸν ἀποδεικτικὸν ἔχοντα καὶ πρὸς ἡδονὴν μὲν ἀκοῆς οὐ συντεταγμένα συντεταγμένα the Basel…","divisions":[{"label":"γυναικῶν ἀρεταί","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg083.local001/#tlg0007-tlg083-local001-0"},{"label":"Τρωιάδες","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg083.local001/#tlg0007-tlg083-local001-1"},{"label":"Φωκίδες","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg083.local001/#tlg0007-tlg083-local001-2"},{"label":"Χῖαι","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg083.local001/#tlg0007-tlg083-local001-3"},{"label":"Ἀργεῖαι","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg083.local001/#tlg0007-tlg083-local001-4"},{"label":"Περσίδες","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg083.local001/#tlg0007-tlg083-local001-5"},{"label":"Κελταί","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg083.local001/#tlg0007-tlg083-local001-6"},{"label":"Μήλιαι","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg083.local001/#tlg0007-tlg083-local001-7"},{"label":"Τυρρηνίδες","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg083.local001/#tlg0007-tlg083-local001-8"},{"label":"Λύκιαι","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg083.local001/#tlg0007-tlg083-local001-9"},{"label":"Σαλματίδες","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg083.local001/#tlg0007-tlg083-local001-10"},{"label":"Μιλήσιαι","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg083.local001/#tlg0007-tlg083-local001-11"},{"label":"Κεῖαι","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg083.local001/#tlg0007-tlg083-local001-12"},{"label":"Φωκιδες","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg083.local001/#tlg0007-tlg083-local001-13"},{"label":"Ὀυαλερία καὶ Κλοιλία","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg083.local001/#tlg0007-tlg083-local001-14"},{"label":"Μίκκα καὶ Μεγιστώ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg083.local001/#tlg0007-tlg083-local001-15"},{"label":"Πιερία","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg083.local001/#tlg0007-tlg083-local001-16"},{"label":"Πολυκπίτη","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg083.local001/#tlg0007-tlg083-local001-17"},{"label":"Λαμψάκη","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg083.local001/#tlg0007-tlg083-local001-18"},{"label":"Ἀρεταφίλα","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg083.local001/#tlg0007-tlg083-local001-19"},{"label":"Κάμμα","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg083.local001/#tlg0007-tlg083-local001-20"},{"label":"Στρατονίκη","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg083.local001/#tlg0007-tlg083-local001-21"},{"label":"Χιομάρα","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg083.local001/#tlg0007-tlg083-local001-22"},{"label":"γυναῖον ΠεργαμηνὸνThe title (not in the mss.) was added by Xylander.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg083.local001/#tlg0007-tlg083-local001-23"},{"label":"Τιμοκλεία","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg083.local001/#tlg0007-tlg083-local001-24"},{"label":"Ερυξώ","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg083.local001/#tlg0007-tlg083-local001-25"},{"label":"Ξενοκπίτη","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg083.local001/#tlg0007-tlg083-local001-26"},{"label":"Πύθεω Γυνὴ πυθεω γυνη added by Xylander: not in the mss.","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg083.local001/#tlg0007-tlg083-local001-27"}],"formats":{"html":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg083.local001/","json":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/api/works/tlg0007.tlg083.local001.json","compressedReadingDocument":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007/tlg083/local001.json.gz"}}