# Epistulae 4 [I 25] Εὐπέταλος Ἐλατίωνι.

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/alciphron/epistulae/4%20%5BI%2025%5D%20%CE%95%E1%BD%90%CF%80%CE%AD%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%82%20%E1%BC%98%CE%BB%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%AF%CF%89%CE%BD%CE%B9.

- Οὐδέν με τῆς γῆς ἀμειβομένης τῶν πόνων ἀντάξιον, ἔγνων ἐμαυτὸν ἐπιδοῦναι θαλάττῃ καὶ κύμασι. ζῆν μὲν γὰρ καὶ τεθνάναι μεμοίραται πᾶσιν ἡμῖν, καὶ οὐκ ἔστι τὸ χρεὼν φυγεῖν, κἂν ἐν οἰκίσκῳ τις αὑτὸν καθείρξας τηρῇ. ἐνεργὸς γὰρ ἡ εἱμαρμένη καὶ τὸ πεπρωμένον ἄφυκτον· ὥστε τὸ ζῆν οὐχ ὑπὸ τούτοις ταλαντεύεται, ἀλλʼ ὑπὸ τῇ τύχῃ βραβεύεται. ἤδη γάρ τινες μὲν ἐπὶ γῆς ὠκύμοροι, ἐπὶ θαλάττης δὲ μακρό- βιοι κατεβίωσαν· ὥστε εἰδὼς ταῦθʼ οὕτως ἔχειν ἐπὶ ναυτιλίαν βαδιοῦμαι, καὶ ἀνέμοις ὁμιλήσω καὶ κύμασι. κρεῖττον γὰρ ἐπανήκειν ἐκ Βοσπόρου καὶ Προποντίδος νεόπλουτον, ἢ καθήμενον ἐπὶ ταῖς τῆς Ἀττικῆς ἐσχα τιαῖς λιμῶδες καὶ αὐχμηρὸν ἐρυγγάνειν.

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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/.