# Epistulae 1-13

Cratetis Epistulae, Epistulae, ιγ′. Εὐμόλπῳ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/cratetis-epistulae/epistulae/1-13

Ἄδοξος στολὴ Διογένειος, ἀλλ’ ἀσφαλής, καὶ πιστότερος ὁ χρώμενος αὐτῇ τῶν τὰ Καρχηδονίων φορούντων· καὶ λιτὸς ὁ βίος, ἀλλ’ ὑγιεινότερος τοῦ Περσικοῦ· καὶ ἐπίπονος ἡ διαγωγή, ἀλλ’ ἐλευθεριωτέρα τῆς Σαρδαναπάλλου. ὥστε εἰ κρεῖττον τὸ ἀσφαλὲς τῆς Καρχηδονίας στολῆς καὶ ὑγίεια τοῦ λαμπροῦ βίου καὶ ἐλευθερία τῆς ἐπονειδίστου διαγωγῆς, καὶ ἡ ταῦτα φιλοσοφία ποιοῦσα τῶν πάντων ἐστὶ κρείττων, καὶ εἰ μὴ ἡ κατ’ ἄλλους, ἀλλ’ ἡ κατὰ Διογένην τὸν εὑρόμενον τὴν σύντομον ὁδὸν ἐπ’ εὐδαιμονίαν.

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Cratetis 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/tlg0623.tlg001.local001/.