§12.21.1τῶν γὰρ ἄλλων ἁπάντων ἁμαρτανουσῶν γυναικῶν ἀργυρικὰς ζημίας τεταχότων οὗτος φιλοτέχνῳ προστίμῳ τὰς ἀκολασίας αὐτῶν διωρθώσατο.
For while all other lawgivers had appointed monetary fines for women who erred, he corrected their excesses by an ingenious penalty.
ἔγραψε γὰρ οὕτω· γυναικὶ ἐλευθέρᾳ μὴ πλείω ἀκολουθεῖν μιᾶς θεραπαινίδος, ἐὰν μὴ μεθύῃ, μηδὲ ἐξιέναι νυκτὸς ἐκ τῆς πόλεως εἰ μὴ μοιχευομένην, μηδὲ περιτίθεσθαι χρυσία μηδὲ ἐσθῆτα παρυφασμένην, ἐὰν μὴ ἑταίρα ᾖ, μηδὲ τὸν ἄνδρα φορεῖν δακτύλιον ὑπόχρυσον μηδὲ ἱμάτιον ἰσομιλήσιον, ἐὰν μὴ ἑταιρεύηται ἢ μοιχεύηται.
For he wrote thus: That a freeborn woman should not be accompanied by more than one maidservant, unless she be drunk; nor should she go out of the city at night, unless she be going to commit adultery; nor should she wear gold ornaments or a garment with embroidered borders, unless she be a courtesan; nor should a man wear a gold-plated ring or a Miletus-style cloak, unless he be a male prostitute or an adulterer.
§12.21.2διὸ καὶ ῥᾳδίως ταῖς τῶν προστίμων αἰσχραῖς ὑπεξαιρέσεσιν ἀπέτρεψε τῆς βλαβερᾶς τρυφῆς καὶ ἀκολασίας τῶν ἐπιτηδευμάτων· οὐδεὶς γὰρ ἐβούλετο τὴν αἰσχρὰν ἀκολασίαν ὁμολογήσας καταγέλαστος ἐν τοῖς πολίταις εἶναι.
Therefore, by means of these shameful exceptions in the penalties, he easily deterred the citizens from harmful luxury and wanton practices; for no one wished to become a laughing-stock among the citizens by acknowledging their own shameful excess.
§12.21.3πολλὰ δὲ καὶ ἄλλα τῶν συμβολαίων καὶ τῶν ἄλλων τῶν κατὰ τὸν βίον ἀμφισβητουμένων καλῶς ἐνομοθέτησε, περὶ ὧν ἡμῖν μακρὸν ἂν εἴη γράφειν καὶ τῆς ὑποκειμένης ἱστορίας ἀνοίκειον· διόπερ ἐπὶ τὰ συνεχῆ τοῖς προειρημένοις ἀναβιβάσομεν τὸν λόγον.
He also legislated well on many other matters concerning contracts and other disputes in daily life, but to write about them would be tedious for us and unsuited to the history we have in hand; therefore, we shall direct our discourse to the events immediately following what has been said.