First, there is the impiety of those who deny the existence of the Gods; these may be honest men, haters of evil, who are only dangerous because they talk loosely about the Gods and make others like themselves; but there is also a more vicious class, who are full of craft and licentiousness.

To this latter belong diviners, jugglers, despots, demagogues, generals, hierophants of private mysteries, and sophists.

The first class shall be only imprisoned and admonished.

The second class should be put to death, if they could be, many times over.

The two other sorts of impiety, first of those who deny the care of the Gods, and secondly, of those who affirm that they may be propitiated, have similar subdivisions, varying in degree of guilt.