# Fragmenta Moralia 739

Chrysippus, Fragmenta Moralia, Fragment 739. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/chrysippus-2/fragmenta-moralia/739

Philo de sacrif. Abel et Cain § 78 Vol. I p. 234, 7 Wendl. ὠφέλιμον μὲν οὖν, εἰ καὶ μὴ πρὸς ἀρετῆς κτῆσιν τελείας, ἀλλά τοι πρὸς πολιτείαν, καὶ τὸ παλαιαῖς καὶ ὠγυγίοις ἐντρέφεσθαι δόξαις, καὶ ἀρχαίαν ἀκοὴν ἔργων καλῶν μεταδιώκειν, ἅπερ ἱστορικοὶ καὶ πᾶν τὸ ποιητικὸν γένος τοῖς τε καθ’ ἑαυτοὺς καὶ τοῖς ἔπειτα μνήμῃ παραδεδώκασι.

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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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