# Epistulae 20 [ΙΙΙ 23]. Θαλλὸς Πιτυΐσκῳ.

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/alciphron/epistulae/20%20%5B%CE%99%CE%99%CE%99%2023%5D.%20%CE%98%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%BB%E1%BD%B8%CF%82%20%CE%A0%CE%B9%CF%84%CF%85%CE%90%CF%83%CE%BA%E1%BF%B3.

Πάντα φιλῶ τρυγᾶν — ἔστι γὰρ τὸ καρπῶν ἀπο- δρέπεσθαι πόνων ἀμοιβὴ δίκαιος — ἐξαιρέτως δὲ ἐθέλω βλίττειν τὰ σμήνη. ἔχων οὖν, σίμβλους ὑπὸ τῇ πέτρᾳ ἀποκλάσας, κηρία νεογενῆ, πρῶτον μὲν τοῖς θεοῖς ἀπηρξάμην, ἔπειτα δὲ τοῖς φίλοις ὑμῖν ἀπάρχομαι. ἔστι δὲ λευκὰ ἰδεῖν καὶ ἀποστάζοντα λιβάδας Ἀττικοῦ μέλιτος, οἷον αἱ Βριλήσσιαι λαγόνες ἐξανθοῦσι. καὶ νῦν μὲν ταῦτα πέμπομεν, [καὶ] εἰς νέωτα δὲ δέχοιο παρʼ ἡμῶν μείζω τουτωνὶ καὶ ἡδίονα.

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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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