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semelque in patinas leges peccaverat , in maximam 

 deinde proruit mortim praviratem. Etenim quum 

 antiea -Lrycurgi jussu (1) omni opera a divitiis et 

 Uixu cavissent , mox iis perquam fuerunt delectati. 

 Ita „ "Ayi^og (oxitiKsuovto? , sti^spputi vofiKrficc Trp^TOv 

 sU TJjv S7r«pTJ^v , y.iz) ijlstx toii vofMO-citxTog TrKsovs^ioi 

 Kx) TT^ouTOv ^ij^og STTs^vj , tia Au(Tct.v^pov' og , avTOi; 

 Siv avdXccTog vtto xp^iAaTav , hsTrXyjijs tI^v TXTpl^xCpi' 

 ?\.07r^0UTiag kca Tpv0>jg , Kd) %pvTov koc) apyvpov sk 

 Tov "TToXsiAOv xaTa-yoiyccv , xa) Tovg AvKovpyov naTa' 

 ToXiTsv(rdf/,svog vof/.ovg" C-)* Ubi autem irrepserat 

 in civitatem auri argentique admiratio, coraitataque 

 fuerat divitiarum possessionem avaritia et sordes , 

 usum fructumque luxus , mollities atque profLisio; 

 bonis plurimis excidit Sparta (3). Qnid enim fa- 

 ciant leges, ubi sola peciinia regnat? (e^'). Evase- 

 runt ita paulatim Lacedaemonii , quod in rimo- 

 cratia describenda observat Plato „ cpsi^coXo) %p^- 

 (icx,Tuv 5 aTS TifJcoovTsg Ka) ov (pavspug KTccfy^svoi , 01- 

 XavxKuTai Ts aKKoTpicov §;' sn^iSvf/Jav , xa) >.Mpci. Tag 

 Vihovag KapirovfJLSvoi , oogirsp •Kal.tsg TraTspa tov vofjuov 

 dTToh^pdaKOVTsg , ovx vtto TrstdoZg , ^5aa' utto (oiag 

 TTSTrai^svfisvoi ha to Tyjg aKvikvyig Movayig Tijg fiSTa 



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(1) Plutarch. 1.1. c. ig.f. 



(2) Plutarch. 1.1. c.3o. Cf. vit. A^^id. c. 5, Agis autem , 

 de quo h. 1. sermo est , palre usus fuit Archidamo , Plu- 

 tarch. 1.1. c. 2g. f. 



(3) Plutarch. vit. A^id. c. 3. 



(4) Suul verba Pelroiiii , c. i4. 



