Rhet gre 1390b17-19ἅπαντες γάρ, ὅταν ὑπάρχῃ τι, πρὸς (18) τοῦτο σωρεύειν εἰώθασιν, ἡ δ’ εὐγένεια ἐντιμότης προγόνων (19) ἐστίν.
Rhys Roberts 1924 engit is the way of all men who have something to start with to add to the pile, and good birth implies ancestral distinction.
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