τῶν δὲ δὴ ἄλλων Θρηίκων ἐστὶ ὅδε νόμος · πωλεῦσι τὰ τέκνα ἐπʼ ἐξαγωγῇ , τὰς δὲ παρθένους οὐ φυλάσσουσι , ἀλλʼ ἐῶσι τοῖσι αὐταὶ βούλονται ἀνδράσι μίσγεσθαι · τὰς δὲ γυναῖκας ἰσχυρῶς φυλάσσουσι καὶ ὠνέονται τὰς γυναῖκας παρὰ τῶν γονέων χρημάτων μεγάλων .
καὶ τὸ μὲν ἐστίχθαι εὐγενὲς κέκριται , τὸ δὲ ἄστικτον ἀγεννές . ἀργὸν εἶναι κάλλιστον , γῆς δὲ ἐργάτην ἀτιμότατον · τὸ ζῆν ἀπὸ πολέμου καὶ ληιστύος κάλλιστον .
History. Herodotus. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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