Thursday, January 05, 2023
Snakes
Hyperides, fragment 80 (tr. Craig E. Cooper):
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Politicians are like snakes in that all snakes are detestable; but whereas some snakes like adders are harmful to men, others like brown snakes eat the adders.
εἶναι δὲ τοὺς ῥήτορας ὁμοίους τοῖς ὄφεσι· τούς τε γὰρ ὄφεις μισητοὺς μὲν εἶναι πάντας, τῶν δὲ ὄφεων αὐτῶν τοὺς μὲν ἔχεις τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ἀδικεῖν, τοὺς δὲ παρείας αὐτοὺς τοὺς ἔχεις κατεσθίειν.
