Ἐλεύθερος
free
Translated by Catharine Roth30 Jun 2004Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Only the good man [is] free, but the base [are] slaves; for [they say that] freedom is the capacity for independent action.1
For the free man [e)leu/qeros ] [is] he who goes [e)leu/qwn ] wherever he desires.2
To seem to be a good man by freeing one's own land [is] much better than to bring slavery on the city: such a man was Ganges the king of the Ethiopians.3
For the free man [
To seem to be a good man by freeing one's own land [is] much better than to bring slavery on the city: such a man was Ganges the king of the Ethiopians.3