Literary Record Details

Author: PLATO Phil.

Opus: Leges
Reference: Plat.Leg.6.757b

Period: Classical

Genre: prose
Subgenre: philosophy
Object:
Gender: m
Context: office

Greek Text: τὴν μὲν ἑτέραν εἰς τὰς τιμὰς πᾶσα πόλις ἱκανὴ παραγαγεῖν καὶ πᾶς νομοθέτης, τὴν μέτρῳ ἴσην καὶ σταθμῷ καὶ ἀριθμῷ, κλήρῳ ἀπευθύνων εἰς τὰς διανομὰς αὐτήν

English Text: in the assignment of honors,—namely, the equality determined by measure, weight and number,—by simply employing the lot to give even results in the distributions

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Kleros 765, Plat.Leg.6.757b
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