Neither assemblies for council have they, nor appointed laws, but they dwell on the peaks of lofty mountains in hollow caves, and each one is lawgiver to his children and his wives, and they care nothing one of another.
τοῖσιν δ' οὔ τ' ἀγοραὶ βουληφόροι οὔ τε θέμιστες , ἀλλ' οἵ γ' ὑψηλῶν ὀρέων ναίουσι κάρηνα ἐν σπέσσι γλαφυροῖσι , θεμιστεύει δὲ ἕκαστος παίδων ἠδ' ἀλόχων , οὐ δ' ἀλλήλων ἀλέγουσιν . [0]
ὁ δέ οὐ τε ἀγορά βουληφόρος οὐ τε θέμις , ἀλλά ὁ γε ὑψηλός ὄρος ναίω κάρηνον ἐν σπέος γλαφυρός , θεμιστεύω δέ ἕκαστος παῖς ἠδέ ἄλοχος , οὐ δέ ἀλλήλων ἀλέγω .