# Epistulae 1-29

Cratetis Epistulae, Epistulae, κθ′. Τῇ αὐτῇ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/cratetis-epistulae/epistulae/1-29

Οὐκ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀδιαφορεῖν περὶ πάντα κυνικὴν τὴν φιλσοφίαν ἡμῶν ἐκάλεσαν ἀλλ’ ἀπὸ τοῦ σφοδρῶς ὑπομένειν τὰ άλλοις διὰ μαλακίαν ἢ δόξαν ἀνυπομόνητα, ὥστε διὰ τοῦτο καὶ οὐ διὰ τὰ πρῶτα κεκλήκασι κύνας ἡμᾶς. μένε οὖν καὶ συγκύνιζε (οὐ γὰρ ἔφυς χείρων ἡμῶν· οὐδὲ γὰρ αἱ κύνες τῶν κυνῶν), ἵνα σοι γένηται καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς φύσεως ἐλευθερωθῆναι, ὥστε ἀπὸ τοῦ νόμου ἢ διὰ κακίαν πάντες δουλεύουσιν.

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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/.