# Epistulae 24 [III 27]. Γέμελλος Σαλακuιυίδι.

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/alciphron/epistulae/24%20%5BIII%2027%5D.%20%CE%93%CE%AD%CE%BC%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%82%20%CE%A3%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%BAu%CE%B9%CF%85%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B9.

Τί ταῦτα, ὦ Σαλακωνίς, ὑπερηφανεῖς τάλαινα; οὐκ ἐγώ σε εἰς τοὐργαστήριον καθημένην παρὰ τὸν ἀκεστὴν τὸν ἑτερόποδα ἀνειλόμην, καὶ ταῦτα λάθρᾳ τῆς μητρός, καὶ καθάπερ τινὰ ἐπίκληρον ἐγγυητὴν ἀγαγόμενος ἔχω; σὸ δὲ φρυάττῃ, παιδισκάριον εὐτελές, καὶ κιχλίζουσα καὶ μωκωμένη με διατελεῖς. οὐ παύση, τάλαινα, τῆς ἀγερωχίας; ἐγώ σοι τὸν ἐραστὴν δείξω δεσπότην καὶ κάχρυς ἐπὶ τῶν ἀγρῶν φρύγειν ἀναγκάσω, καὶ τότε εἴσῃ παθοῦσα οἷ κακῶν σαυτὴν ἐνέσεισας.

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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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