{"schemaVersion":2,"id":"tlg0007.tlg097.local001","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg097.local001/","urn":"urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg097.local001","title":"Περὶ φιλαδελφίας","titleGreek":"Περὶ φιλαδελφίας","alternateTitles":[],"author":"Plutarch","authorityName":"PLUTARCHUS Biogr. et Phil.","authorUrl":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/authors/tlg0007-plutarchus/","authorityUrl":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/authors/tlg0007-plutarchus/","editors":["Grēgorios N. 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Vernardakēs. Moralia, Leipzig, Teubner, 1891. urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg097.local001","excerpt":"τὰ παλαιὰ τῶν Διοσκόρων Διοσκόρων *: διοσκούρων ἀφιδρύματα Σπαρτιᾶται δόκανα καλοῦσι· ἔστι δὲ δύο ξύλα παράλληλα δυσὶ πλαγίοις ἐπεζευγμένα, καὶ δοκεῖ τῷ φιλαδέλφῳ τῶν θεῶν οἰκεῖον εἶναι τοῦ ἀναθήματος τὸ κοινὸν καὶ ἀδιαίρετον. οὕτω δὴ καὶ αὐτὸς ὑμῖν, ὦ; Νιγρῖνε καὶ Κύντε, τὸ σύγγραμμα τοῦτο περὶ φιλαδελφίας ἀνατίθημι, κοινὸν ἀξίοις οὖσι δῶρον. ἐφʼ ἃ γὰρ προτρέπεται, ταῦτα πράττοντες ἤδη μαρτυρεῖσθαι μᾶλλον ἢ παρακαλεῖσθαι δόξετε. καὶ τὸ χαῖρον ὑμῶν ἐφʼ οἷς κατορθοῦτε ποιήσει τῇ κρίσει τὴν ἐπιμονὴν βεβαιοτέραν, ὥσπερ ἐν χρηστοῖς καὶ φιλοκάλοις θεαταῖς εὐημερούντων. Ἀρίσταρχος μὲν οὖν ὁ Θεοδέκτου πατήρ, ἐπισκώπτων τὸ πλῆθος τῶν σοφιστῶν, ἔλεγε πάλαι μὲν ἑπτὰ σοφοὺς μόλις γενέσθαι, τότε δὲ μὴ ῥᾳδίως ἂν ἰδιώτας τοσούτους εὑρεθῆναι. ἐγὼ δʼ ὁρῶ καθʼ ἡμᾶς τὴν φιλαδελφίαν οὕτω σπάνιον οὖσαν, ὡς τὴν μισαδελφίαν ἐπὶ τῶν παλαιῶν, ἧς γε τὰ φανέντα παραδείγματα τραγῳδίαις καὶ θεάτροις ὁ βίος…","divisions":[{"label":"§ 1","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg097.local001/#tlg0007-tlg097-local001-1"},{"label":"§ 2","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg097.local001/#tlg0007-tlg097-local001-2"},{"label":"§ 3","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg097.local001/#tlg0007-tlg097-local001-3"},{"label":"§ 4","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg097.local001/#tlg0007-tlg097-local001-4"},{"label":"§ 5","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg097.local001/#tlg0007-tlg097-local001-5"},{"label":"§ 6","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg097.local001/#tlg0007-tlg097-local001-6"},{"label":"§ 7","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg097.local001/#tlg0007-tlg097-local001-7"},{"label":"§ 8","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg097.local001/#tlg0007-tlg097-local001-8"},{"label":"§ 9","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg097.local001/#tlg0007-tlg097-local001-9"},{"label":"§ 10","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg097.local001/#tlg0007-tlg097-local001-10"},{"label":"§ 11","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg097.local001/#tlg0007-tlg097-local001-11"},{"label":"§ 12","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg097.local001/#tlg0007-tlg097-local001-12"},{"label":"§ 13","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg097.local001/#tlg0007-tlg097-local001-13"},{"label":"§ 14","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg097.local001/#tlg0007-tlg097-local001-14"},{"label":"§ 15","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg097.local001/#tlg0007-tlg097-local001-15"},{"label":"§ 16","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg097.local001/#tlg0007-tlg097-local001-16"},{"label":"§ 17","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg097.local001/#tlg0007-tlg097-local001-17"},{"label":"§ 18","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg097.local001/#tlg0007-tlg097-local001-18"},{"label":"§ 19","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg097.local001/#tlg0007-tlg097-local001-19"},{"label":"§ 20","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg097.local001/#tlg0007-tlg097-local001-20"},{"label":"§ 21","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg097.local001/#tlg0007-tlg097-local001-21"}],"formats":{"html":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007.tlg097.local001/","json":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/api/works/tlg0007.tlg097.local001.json","compressedReadingDocument":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0007/tlg097/local001.json.gz"}}