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Ἀθηναῖοι δὲ καὶ τῆς τῶν δούλων προνοοῦντες
τύχης ἐνομοθέτησαν καὶ ὑπὲρ δούλων γραφὰς ὕβρεως
εἶναι. Ὑπερείδης γοῦν ὁ ῥήτωρ ἐν τῷ κατὰ Μαντιθέου αἰκίας φησίν ῾fr. 123 Bl.':' ‘ἔθεσαν οὐ μόνον ὑπὲρ
τῶν ἐλευθέρων, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐάν τις εἰς δούλου σῶμα
ὑβρίσῃ γραφὰς εἶναι κατὰ τοῦ ὑβρίσαντος.' τὰ ὅμοια
εἴρηκε καὶ Λυκοῦργος ἐν τῷ κατὰ Λυκόφρονος
πρώτῳ ῾fr. 72 Tur' 'καὶ Δημοσθένης ἐν τῷ κατὰ Μειδίου
῾46'.' Μάλακος δ᾽ ἐν τοῖς Σιφνίων ὥροις ἱστορεῖ
῾FHG IV 412',' ὡς τὴν Ἔφεσον δοῦλοι τῶν Σαμίων
ᾤκισαν χίλιοι τὸν ἀριθμὸν ὄντες, οἳ καὶ τὸ πρῶτον
ἀποστάντες εἰς τὸ ἐν τῇ νήσῳ ὄρος κακὰ πολλὰ ἐποίουν
τοὺς Σαμίους: ἔτει δὲ ἕκτῳ μετὰ ταῦτα ἐκ μαντείας
οἱ Σάμιοι ἐσπείσαντο τοῖς οἰκέταις ἐπὶ συνθήκαις, καὶ
ἀθῷοι ἐξελθόντες τῆς νήσου ἐκπλεύσαντες κατέσχον
τὴν Ἔφεσον: καὶ οἱ Ἐφέσιοι ἐκ τούτων ἐγένοντο.
Athenaeus. Deipnosophistae. Kaibel. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1887.
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