# Epistulae 1-15

Chionis Epistulae, Epistulae, ιε′. Χίων Μάτριδι χαίρειν.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/chionis-epistulae/epistulae/1-15

Ἐπὶ μὲν τῷ συμπείθεσθαι τὸν τύραννον οἷς περὶ ἐμοῦ πρὸς αὐτὸν ἔλεγες, συγχαίρω τῇ πατρίδι, γράψω δὲ καὶ αὐτός, ὡς συνεβούλευσας, ἀπάγων αὐτὸν ἀπὸ τἀληθοῦς ὡς μάλιστα ἔνεστι. τοὐναντίον γὰρ ἂν ποιῶν ψευσαίμην τοὺς ἐμαυτοῦ πολίτας καὶ φίλους ὧν ἐξ ἐμοῦ ἤλπισαν, καὶ ταῦτα οὐκ ἀξίους ὄντας ἀπατᾶσθαι τὸ δὲ ὠμὸν εἶναι τὸν τύραννον τελέως καὶ χαλεπὸν ὠφελιμώτερον ἔγωγε ἡγοῦμαι τῇ πόλει ἢ τὸ δημοκοπεῖν αὐτὸν καὶ προκαλύπτεσθαι δόξαν μετριότητος.

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Chionis Epistulae, Epistulae, ed. Rudolf Hercher. 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/tlg0041.tlg001.local001/.