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Νόμος ό πάντων βασιλεύς
Θνατών τε καί άθανάτων
Άγει δικαιότατον τό βιαιοτατον
Ύπερτάτα χειρί τεκμαίρομαι
Έργοισιν Ήρακλέος˙
Law is the sovereign of all,
Of mortals and immortals,
It leads with the strongest hand,
And may justify the greatest violence.
I judge this from the works of Hercules.
–Pindar (Πίνδαρος), Fragment No. 169a (ca. 450 BCE) in the Loeb Classical Library vol. 485, p. 384-86 (W.H. Race transl.)
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