# Fragmenta Moralia 714

Chrysippus, Fragmenta Moralia, Fragment 714. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/chrysippus-2/fragmenta-moralia/714

Plutarchus de Stoic. repugn. cp. 21 p. 1044d. Ἐν δὲ τῷ περὶ Πολιτείας εἰπὼν ὅτι ἐγγύς ἐσμεν τοῦ καὶ τοὺς κοπρῶνας ζωγραφεῖν μετ’ ὀλίγον τὰ γεωργικά φησι καλλωπίζειν τινὰς ἀναδενδράσι καὶ μυῥῥίναις, καὶ ταὼς καὶ περιστερὰς τρέφουσι καὶ πέρδικας, ἵνα κακκαβίζωσιν αὐτοῖς, καὶ ἀηδόνας. Ἡδέως δ’ ἂν αὐτοῦ πυθοίμην, τί φρονεῖ περὶ μελιττῶν καὶ μέλιτος etc. － － εἰ δὲ ταύταις τόπον ἐν πόλει δίδωσι, διὰ τί τῶν πρὸς ἀκοὴν καὶ ὄψιν ἐπιτερπῶν ἀπείργει τοὺς πολίτας;

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Chrysippus, Fragmenta Moralia, ed. Hans Friedrich August von Arnim. 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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