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Theophrastus · Fragments §99.1

Peisistratus' Law against Idleness and Its Effects

Passage 104 of 196 · Greek

Summary

Based on the account of Theophrastus, this fragment states that the law against idleness was enacted by Peisistratus rather than Solon, and describes its positive effects on both the countryside and the city.

§99.1Fr. 99 Ὡς Θ. ἱστόρηκε καὶ τῆς ἀργίας νόμον οὐ Σόλων ἔθηκε ἀλλὰ Πεισίστρατος, ᾧ τήν τε χώραν ἐνεργεστέραν καὶ τὴν πόλιν ἠρεμαιοτέραν ἐποίησεν.
As Theophrastus has recorded, the law against idleness also was enacted not by Solon but by Peisistratus, by which he made the countryside more productive and the city more peaceful.

Notes

  1. §99.1τῆς ἀργίας — An objective genitive dependent on the noun νόμον, meaning "the law against (concerning) idleness."
  2. §99.1ᾧ — A dative relative pronoun referring to the antecedent νόμον (masculine), functioning as a dative of instrument ("by which [law]").
  3. §99.1ἐνεργεστέραν ... ἠρεμαιοτέραν — Both are comparative adjectives (accusative feminine singular) functioning as predicative accusatives in relation to the direct objects of the verb ἐποίησεν (τήν τε χώραν and τὴν πόλιν).

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Theophrastus, Fragments §99.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg010x09.humanitext-grc1:99.1

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