# Epistulae 1-17

Chionis Epistulae, Epistulae, ιζ′. Χίων Πλάτωνι χαίρειν.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/chionis-epistulae/epistulae/1-17

Δυσὶν ἡμέραις τῶν Διονυσίων ἔμπροσθεν τοὺς πιστοτάτους μοι τῶν θεραπόντων, Πυλάδην καὶ Φιλόκαλον, ἐξέπεμψα ὡς σέ· μέλλω γὰρ τοῖς Διονυσίοις ἐπιτίθεσθαι τῷ τυράννῳ, πολιτευσάμενος ἐκ πολλοῦ ἀνύποπτος αὐτῷ γενέσθαι. πέμπεται δὲ ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ πομπὴ τῷ Διονύσῳ, καὶ δοκεῖ ὀλιγωρότερον ἕξειν δι’ αὐτὴν τὰ τῶν δορυφόρων· εἰ δὲ μή γε, κἂν διὰ πυρὸς ἐλθεῖν δέῃ, οὐκ ὀκνήσομεν, οὐδὲ καταισχυνοῦμεν οὔτε ἑαυτοὺς οὔτε τὴν σὴν φιλοσοφίαν. καὶ τὰ τῶν συνωμοτῶν δέ ἐστιν ἡμῖν ὀχυρά, πίστει δὲ ἢ πλήθει ὀχυρώτερα.

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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.
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