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- | Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers, | + | Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers. A complete translation of the Fragments in Diels, Fragmente der Vorsokratiker |
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Critias of Athens lived from about 480 B.C. to 403 B.C. | Critias of Athens lived from about 480 B.C. to 403 B.C. | ||
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8. (I would wish for) the wealth of the Scopadae, the magnanimity of Cimon, the victories of Arcesilas of Sparta. | 8. (I would wish for) the wealth of the Scopadae, the magnanimity of Cimon, the victories of Arcesilas of Sparta. | ||
- | 9. More men are good through habit than through character. | + | 9. More men are good through habit than through character.((Cp. Democritus, Frg. 242.)) |
- | Plays 2 | + | Plays((See Companion, pp. 411-52, for reasons for attributing these plays to Critias.)) |
10. (Of the plays attributed to Euripides, three are spurious: ' | 10. (Of the plays attributed to Euripides, three are spurious: ' | ||
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23. Is it not better not to live than to live miserably? | 23. Is it not better not to live than to live miserably? | ||
- | 24. (Usually attributed to Euripides) | + | 24. (Usually attributed to Euripides)((Attribution to Critias by Welcker and Wilamowitz; the latter gives to Critias Eur. Frg. inc. 964 also (Vors. Vol. II, 14, 5). |
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Fame reveals the good man even in the hollows of the earth. No, but Hades received me when still living. Aphidnus, son of Earth who has no mother. | Fame reveals the good man even in the hollows of the earth. No, but Hades received me when still living. Aphidnus, son of Earth who has no mother. | ||
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75. (Plato, Republic 368A: ' | 75. (Plato, Republic 368A: ' | ||
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- | 155:1 Cp. Democritus, Frg. 242. | ||
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- | 155:2 See Companion, pp. 411-52, for reasons for attributing these plays to Critias. | ||
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- | 157:1 Attribution to Critias by Welcker and Wilamowitz; the latter gives to Critias Eur. Frg. inc. 964 also (Vors. Vol. II, 14, 5). | ||
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