# Epistulae 16 [ΙΙΙ 19]. Πιθακ〈ν〉ίων Εὐστάχυϊ.

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/alciphron/epistulae/16%20%5B%CE%99%CE%99%CE%99%2019%5D.%20%CE%A0%CE%B9%CE%B8%CE%B1%CE%BA%E3%80%88%CE%BD%E3%80%89%CE%AF%CF%89%CE%BD%20%CE%95%E1%BD%90%CF%83%CF%84%CE%AC%CF%87%CF%85%CF%8A.

Κοινωνικὸς ὢν καὶ φιλέταιρος ὄναιο σαυτοῦ καὶ τῆς γυναικὸς καὶ τῶν παιδίων, Εὔσταχυ. ἐγὼ δὲ τὸν κλῶπα φωράσας, ἐφʼ ᾧ πάλαι ἤσχαλλον τὴν ἐχέτλην ὑφελομένῳ καὶ δύο δρεπάνας, ἔχω παρʼ ἐμαυτῷ τοὺς κωμήτας ἀναμένων ἐπικούρους. νῦν γὰρ οὐκ ἐδοκί- μαζον ἀσθενέστερος ὢν καὶ μόνος τὼ χεῖρε ἐπιβάλλειν αὐτῷ. ὁ μὲν γὰρ δριμύ βλέπει καὶ τοξοποιεῖ τὰς ὀφρῦς καὶ σφριγῶντας ἔχει τούς ὤμους καὶ ἁδρὰν τὴν ἐπι- γουνίδα φαίνει· ἐγὼ δὲ ὑπὸ τῶν πόνων καὶ τῆς δι- κέλλης κατέσκληκα, καὶ τύλους μὲν ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν ἔχω, λεπτότερον δέ μοι τὸ δέρμα λεβηρίδος. ἡ μὲν οὖν γυνὴ καὶ τὰ παιδία εἰς σοῦ βαδιοῦνται καὶ τῆς εὐωχίας μεθέξουσιν, ὁ δὲ σύργαστρος μαλακῶς ἔχει τὰ νῦν. ἐγὼ δὲ καὶ ἡ κύων τὸν μιαρὸν οἴκοι φυλάξομεν.

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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/.