# Epistulae 13 [III 16]. Φυλλὶς Θρασωνίδῃ.

Alciphron, Epistulae, LIBER II. ΑΛΚΙΦΡΟΝΟΣ ΡΗΤΟΡΟΣ ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΑΙ ΑΓΡΟΙΚΙΚΑΙ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/alciphron/epistulae/13%20%5BIII%2016%5D.%20%CE%A6%CF%85%CE%BB%CE%BB%E1%BD%B6%CF%82%20%CE%98%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%83%CF%89%CE%BD%CE%AF%CE%B4%E1%BF%83.

Εἰ γεωργεῖν ἐβούλου καὶ νοῦν ἔχειν, ὦ Θρασωνίδη, καὶ τῷ πατρὶ πείθεσθαι, ἔφερες ἄν [καὶ] τοῖς θεοῖς κιττὸν καὶ δάφνας καὶ μυρρίνας καὶ ἄνθη ὅσα σύγκαιρα, καὶ ἡμῖν τοῖς γονεῦσι πυροὺς ἐκθερίσας καὶ οἶνον ἐκ βοτρύων ἀποθλίψας καί, βδάλας τὰ αἰγίδια, τὸν γαυ- λὸν πλήρη γάλακτος· νῦν δὲ ἀγρὸν 〈μὲν〉 καὶ γεωρ- γίαν ἀπαναίνῃ, κράνους δὲ ἐπαινεῖς τριλοφίαν καὶ ἀσπίδος ἐρᾷς, ὥσπερ τις Ἀκαρνὰν ἢ Μαλιεὺς μισθο- φόρος. μή σύγε, ὦ παιδίον, ἀλλʼ ἐπάνιθι ὡς ἡμᾶς καὶ τὸν ἐν ἡσυχίᾳ βίον ἀσπάζου — καὶ γὰρ ἀσφαλὴς καὶ ἀκίνδυνος ἡ γεωργία, οὐ λόχους, οὐκ ἐνέδρας, οὐ φάλαγγας ἔχουσα — ἡμῖν τε [ὁ] γηροκόμος γενοῦ, ἀντὶ τῆς ἐν ἀμφιβόλῳ ζωῆς τὴν ὁμολογουμένην ἑλό- μενος σωτηρίαν.

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Alciphron, Epistulae, ed. M. A. Schepers. 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.
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