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Theophrastus · Fragments §100.1

The Altars of Hubris and Shamelessness in Athens

Passage 105 of 196 · Greek

Summary

Mentions that Theophrastus, in his work On Laws, states that there were altars of Hubris and Shamelessness among the Athenians.

§100.1Fr. 100 Θ. ἐν τῷ περὶ νόμων ὕβρεως καὶ ἀναιδείας παρὰ τοῖς Ἀθηναίοις εἶναι βωμούς φησι.
Fr. 100 Theophrastus in his work On Laws says that there are altars of Hubris and Shamelessness among the Athenians.

Notes

  1. §100.1ὕβρεως καὶ ἀναιδείας — Genitives modifying the noun βωμούς (altars). They function as genitives of dedication (or objective genitives) to personified abstract concepts, meaning 'altars dedicated to Hubris and Shamelessness'.
  2. §100.1εἶναι ... φησι — An accusative-and-infinitive (A.C.I.) construction introduced by the main verb φησι (says). The accusative βωμούς serves as the subject of the infinitive εἶναι (to exist).

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Theophrastus, Fragments §100.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg010x09.humanitext-grc1:100.1

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