Literary Record Details

Author: PLATO Phil.

Opus: Timaeus
Reference: Plat.Tim.18e

Period: Classical

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

Greek Text: μηχανᾶσθαι κλήροις τισὶν ὅπως οἱ κακοὶ χωρὶς οἵ τ᾽ ἀγαθοὶ ταῖς ὁμοίαις ἑκάτεροι συλλήξονται, καὶ μή τις αὐτοῖς ἔχθρα διὰ ταῦτα γίγνηται, τύχην ἡγουμένοις αἰτίαν τῆς συλλήξεως;

English Text: the two classes of bad men and good shall each be mated by lot with women of a like nature, and that no enmity shall occur amongst them because of this, seeing that they will ascribe the allotment to chance