# Epistulae 22 [ΙΙΙ 25]. Ὕλη Νομίῳ.

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/alciphron/epistulae/22%20%5B%CE%99%CE%99%CE%99%2025%5D.%20%E1%BD%9D%CE%BB%CE%B7%20%CE%9D%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%AF%E1%BF%B3.

Θαμίζεις εἰς ἄστυ [κατιών], ὦ Νομίε, καὶ τὸν ἀγρὸν οὐδʼ ἀκαρῆ θέλεις ὁρᾶν· ἀργὸς δὲ ἡ γῆ χηρεύουσα τῶν ἐκπονούντων, ἐγὼ δὲ οἰκουρῶ μόνη μετὰ τῆς Σύρας ἀγαπητῶς τὰ παιδία βουκολοῦσα. σὺ δὲ ἡμῖν αὐτό- χρημα μεσαιπόλιος ἄνθρωπος μειράκιον ἀστικὸν ἀνεφά- νης. ἀκούω γάρ σε τὰ πολλὰ ἐπὶ Σκίρου καὶ Κερα- μεικοῦ διατρίβειν, οὗ φασι τοὺς ἐξωλεστάτους σχολῇ καὶ ῥᾳστώνῃ τὸν βίον καταναλίσκειν.

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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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