# Epistulae 15 [ΙΙΙ 18]. Εὔσταχυς Πιθακ〈ν〉ίωνι.

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

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Τοὐμοῦ παιδίου γενέσια ἑορτάζων ἥκειν σε ἐπὶ τὴν πανδαισίαν, ὦ Πιθακ〈ν〉ίων, παρακαλῶ, ἥκειν δὲ οὐ μόνον ἀλλʼ ἐπαγόμενον τὴν γυναῖκα καὶ τὰ παιδία καὶ τὸν σύργαστρον· εἰ βούλοιο δέ, καὶ τὴν κύνα, ἀγαθὴν οὖσαν φύλακα καὶ τῷ βάρει τῆς ὑλακῆς ἀποσοβοῦσαν τοὺς ἐπιβουλεύοντας τοῖς ποιμνίοις. ἡ δὲ τοιαύτη οὐκ ἂν ἀτιμάζοιτο δαιτυμὼν εἶναι σὺν ἡμῖν. ἑορτάσομεν δὲ μάλʼ ἡδέως, καὶ πιόμεθα εἰς μέθην καὶ μετὰ τὸν κόρον ᾀσόμεθα, καὶ ὅστις ἐπιτήδειος κορδακίζειν, εἰς μέσους παρελθὼν τὸ κοινὸν ψυχαγωγήσει. μὴ μέλλε οὖν, ὦ φίλτατε· καλὸν γὰρ ἐν ταῖς κατʼ εὐχὴν ἑορ- ταῖς ἐξ ἑωθινοῦ συντάττειν τὰ συμπόσια.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0640.tlg001.local001/.