# Ἀποσπασμάτια 179

Aelian, Ἀποσπασμάτια, Fragment 179. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelian/text-3/179

οἱ προσιόντες τῶν ἰατρῶν ἐκέλευον οἴνου πιεῖν· τὸ γάρ τοι σεσῶσθαι ἢ μὴ τὴν ἄνθρωπον ἐν τούτῳ ἔφασκον ἄρα ἐκεῖνοι τῇ τέχνῃ πίσυνοι. ἡνίκα ἂν τὴν πεπρωμένην ὁδὸν καὶ ἐπινησθεῖσαν διανύσω. ἐξέχεσθαι μὴ πιεῖν ἀνέχεσθαι οἴνου, μηδὲ τιμᾶσθαι τοσούτου τὸν βίον τὸν λοιπόν, ἵνα τὸν φθάνοντα, φησίν, ἀφανίσῃ ἐκτροπῇ διαίτης ὀλίγης, πιοῦσα οἴνου· καὶ τὸν βίον ἡ γενναία κατέστρεψε πράως καὶ σὺν γαλήνῃ καὶ ἀβληχρῷ θανάτῳ, ὅνπερ οὖν ἐπαινεῖν καὶ Ὅμηρος δοκεῖ μοι.

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Aelian, Ἀποσπασμάτια, ed. Rudolf Hercher. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0545.tlg004.local001/.