# Epistulae 1-33

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/cratetis-epistulae/epistulae/1-33

Ἐπυθόμην σε ἀποτεκεῖν καὶ εὐμαρῶς· σὺ μὲν γὰρ οὐδὲν ἡμῖν ἐδήλωσας. χάρις δὲ θεῷ καὶ σοί. πέπεισαι ἄρα ὅτι τὸ πονεῖν αἴτιόν ἐστι τοῦ μὴ πονεῖν· οὐδὲ γὰρ ἂν ὧδέ γ’ εὐμαρῶς ἀπέτεκες, εἰ μὴ κύουσα ἐπόνεις ὥσπερ οἱ ἀγωνισταί. ἀλλ’ αἱ πολλαὶ γυναῖκες ἐπειδὰν κύωσι, θρύπτονται· ἐπειδὰν δὲ ἀποτέκωσιν, αἷς δ’ ἂν συμβῇ περισωθῆναι, νοσερὰ τὰ βρέφη γεννῶνται. ἀλλ’ ἐπιδείξασα, εἰ ὅπερ ἐχρῆν ἥκειν ἀφῖκται, μελέτω σοι τούτου τοῦ σκυλακίου ἡμῶν· μελήσει δέ, ἐὰν ἀσφαλῶς σαυτῇ παραπλησίως ἐπεισέλθῃς. **.

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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/.