# Cebetis tabula 3.1

Cebes, Cebetis tabula, Chapter 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/cebes/cebetis-tabula/3.1

Πρὸς Διὸς τοίνυν, ἔφην ἐγώ, εἰ μή τις σοι μεγάλη ἀσχολία τυγχάνει οὖσα, διήγησαι ἡμῖν· πάνυ γὰρ ἐπιθυμοῦμεν ἀκοῦσαι, τί ποτέ ἐστιν ὁ μῦθος. Οὐδεὶς φθόνος, ὦ ξένοι, ἔφη. ἀλλὰ τουτὶ πρῶτον δεῖ ὑμᾶς ἀκοῦσαι, ὅτι ἐπικίνδυνόν τι ἔχει ἡ ἐξήγησις. Οἷον τί; ἔφην ἐγώ. Ὅτι εἰ μὲν προσέξετε, ἔφη, καὶ συνήσετε τὰ λεγόμενα, φρόνιμοι καὶ εὐδαίμονες ἔσεσθε, εἰ δὲ μή, ἄφρονες καὶ κακοδαίμονες καὶ πικροὶ καὶ ἀμαθεῖς γενόμενοι κακῶς βιώσεσθε.

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Cebes, Cebetis tabula, ed. Karl Praechter. 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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