# Ποικίλη ἱστορία 10.11

Aelian, Ποικίλη ἱστορία, Book 10. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelian/text-4/10.11

ἤλγει τὸν ὦμον Διογένης ἢ τρωθεὶς οἶμαι ἢ ἐξ ἄλλης τινὸς αἰτίας. ἐπεὶ δὲ ἐδόκει σφόδρα ἀλγεῖν, τῶν τις ἀχθομένων αὐτῷ κατεκερτόμει λέγων ʽτί οὖν οὐκ ἀποθνήσκεις, ὦ Διόγενες, καὶ σαυτὸν ἀπαλλάττεις κακῶν;ʼ ὃ δὲ εἶπε ʽτοὺς εἰδότας ἃ δεῖ πράττειν ἐν τῷ βίῳ καὶ ἃ δεῖ λέγειν, τούτους γε ζῆν προσήκει,ʼ ὧν καὶ αὐτὸς ὡμολόγει εἶναι. ʽσοὶ μὲν οὖνʼ ἔφη ʽοὐκ εἰδότι τά τε λεκτέα καὶ τὰ πρακτέα ἀποθανεῖν ἐν καλῷ ἐστιν· ἐμὲ δὲ τὸν ἐπιστήμονα ἐκείνων πρέπει ζῆν.

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Aelian, Ποικίλη ἱστορία, ed. Rudolf Hercher, Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff. 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.tlg002.local001/.