Plutarch, Quaestiones Graecae, ed. William W. Goodwin, 53

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Question 53.

What was the reason of the custom amongst the Gnossians, that those who borrowed money upon usury should snatch it and run away?

Solution.

Was it that, in case they should attempt to defraud the usurers, they might be liable for the violence, and thereby receive further punishment?

Quaestiones Graecae. Plutarch. ed. William W. Goodwin. Boston. 1874.

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Greek Questions (English) (Plutarch. Plutarch's Morals, Vol. II. Goodwin, William W., editor; Chauncy, Isaac translator. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company; Cambridge: Press of John Wilson and Son, 1874.)

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Αἴτια Ἑλληνικά Perseus (Plutarch. Moralia, Vol. IV. Babbitt, Frank Cole, editor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1936 (printing).) — 53 focus

[53] διὰ τί παρὰ Κνωσσίοις ἔθος ἦν ἁρπάζειν τοῖς δανειζομένοις τὸ ἀργύριον;

ἢ ὅπως ἀποστεροῦντες ἔνοχοι τοῖς βιαίοις ὦσι καὶ μᾶλλον κολάζωνται;

Κεφαλαίων καταγραφή Ἑλληνικά Perseus (Plutarch. Plutarchi Chaeronensis Moralia, Vol IΙ. Vernardakēs, Grēgorios N., editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1889.) — 53 focus

[53] διὰ τί παρὰ Κνωσσίοις ἔθος ἦν ἁρπάζειν τοῖς δανειζομένοις τὸ ἀργύριον; ἦ ὅπως ἀποστεροῦντες 20 ἔνοχοι τοῖς βιαίοις ὦσι καὶ μᾶλλον κολάζωνται; 303c

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The Greek Questions Perseus (Plutarch. Moralia, Vol. IV. Babbitt, Frank Cole, translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1936 (printing).) — 53 focus

[53] Why was it the custom among the Cnossians for those who borrowed money to snatch it?

Was it that if they defaulted they might be liable to the charge of violence, and so be punished the more?

Plutarch Quaestiones Graecae 53

ed. William W. Goodwin

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