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καὶ μὴν ἥ γε βασιλεία πρὸς τῷ πᾶσαν ἀρχήν ἔχειν ἐν ἑαυτῇ συλλαβοῦσα καὶ ταῖς μεγίσταις ἱερουργίαις καθωσίωται πρὸς τὸ θεῖον ἀλλὰ Ταρκύνιον ἐξέβαλεν ἡ πόλις ἀδικοῦντα, καὶ δι᾽ ἑνὸς ἀνδρὸς ὕβριν ἡ πάτριος ἀρχὴ καὶ κτίσασα τὴν Ῥώμην κατελύθη. τί δὲ οὕτως ἅγιον ἐν Ῥώμῃ καὶ σεμνόν ὡς αἱ περιέπουσαι παρθένοι καὶ φυλάττουσαι τὸ ἄφθιτον πῦρ; ἀλλ᾽ εἴ τις ἂν ἁμάρτῃ αὑτῶν, ζῶσα
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κατορύσσεται: τὸ γὰρ ἄσυλον οὐ φυλάττουσιν ἀσεβοῦσαι εἰς τοὺς θεούς, ὃ διὰ τοὺς θεοὺς ἔχουσιν.
Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. 10.
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