# Epistulae 27 [III 30]. Ἀμγπελίων Εὐέργῳ.

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/alciphron/epistulae/27%20%5BIII%2030%5D.%20%E1%BC%88%CE%BC%CE%B3%CF%80%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%AF%CF%89%CE%BD%20%CE%95%E1%BD%90%CE%AD%CF%81%CE%B3%E1%BF%B3.

Πολὺς ὁ χειμὼν τὸ τῆτες καὶ οὐδενὶ ἐξιτητόν. πάντα γὰρ ἡ χιὼν κατείληφε, καὶ λευκανθίζουσιν οὐχ οἱ λο- φοι μόνον ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰ κοῖλα τῆς γῆς, ἀπορία δὲ ἔρ- γων, ἀργὸν δὲ καθίζειν ὄνειδος. προκύψας δῆτα τῆς καλύβης οὐκ ἔφθην παρανοίξας τὸ θύριον καὶ ὁρῶ σύν τῷ νιφετῷ δῆμον ὅλον ὀρνέων φερόμενον, καὶ κοψίχους καὶ κίχλας. εὐθέως οὖν ἀπὸ τῆς λεκάνης ἀνασπάσας ἰξὸν ἐπαλείφω τῶν ἀχράδων τοὺς κλάδους, καὶ ὅσον οὔπω τὸ νέφος ἐπέστη [τῶν στρουθίων] καὶ πᾶσαι ἐκ τῶν ὀροδάμνων ἐκρέμαντο, θέαμα ἡδύ, πτε- ρῶνν ἐχόμεναι καὶ κεφαλῆς καὶ ποδῶν εἰλημμέναι. ἐκ τούτων λάχος σοι τὰς πίονας καὶ εὐσάρκους ἀπέσταλκα πέντε καὶ εἴκοσι. κοινωνεῖν γὰρ ἀγαθὸν τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς, φθονοῦσι δὲ οἱ πονηροὶ τῶν γειτόνων.

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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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