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νόμος καὶ οὗτος Μασσαλιωτικός, γυναῖκας μὴ ὁμιλεῖν οἴνῳ, ἀλλ᾽ ὑδροποτεῖν πᾶσαν γυναικῶν ἡλικίαν. λέγει δὲ Θεόφραστος καὶ παρὰ Μιλησίοις τὸν νόμον τοῦτον ἰσχύειν, καὶ πείθεσθαι αὐτῷ τὰς Μιλησίων γυναῖκας. τί δὲ οὐκ ἂν εἴποιμι καὶ τὸν Ῥωμαίων νόμον; καὶ πῶς οὐκ ὀφλήσω δικαίως ἀλογίαν, εἰ τὰ μὲν Λοκρῶν καὶ Μασσαλιωτῶν καὶ τὰ Μιλησίων διὰ μνήμης ἐθέμην, τὰ δὲ τῆς ἐμαυτοῦ πατρίδος ἐάσω; οὐκοῦν καὶ Ῥωμαίοις ἦν ἐν τοῖς μάλιστα ὁ νόμος ὅδε ἐρρωμένος. οὔτε ἐλευθέρα γυνὴ ἔπιεν ἂν οἶνον οὔτε οἰκέτις, οὔτε μὴν τῶν εὖ γεγονότων οἱ ἐφ᾽ ἥβης μέχρι πέντε καὶ τριάκοντα ἐτῶν.
Claudii Aeliani de natura animalium libri xvii, varia historia, epistolae, fragmenta, Vol 2. Aelian. Rudolf Hercher. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1866. Keyboarding.
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