# Epistulae 1-34

Cratetis Epistulae, Epistulae, λδ′. Μητροκλεῖ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/cratetis-epistulae/epistulae/1-34

Ἴσθι με συμφορᾷ κεχρῆσθαι πυθόμενον Διογένη ἐς λῃστρικὰ ἁλῶναι, καὶ εἰ μή τις τῶν αἰχμαλώτων λυτρωθεὶς ἦλθεν Ἀθήναζε, ἔτι ἂν ἦν καὶ νῦν ἐν τοῖς ὁμοίοις. νῦν δ’ ἀφικόμενος οὗτος ἰάσατό με διηγησάμενος ὡς «ἤνεγκε τὴν συμφορὰν πράως, ὥστε ποτὲ καὶ εἶπε τοῖς λῃσταῖς ὀλιγωροῦσιν ἡμῶν, «ὦ οὗτοι, τί δήποτε; εἰ μὲν σῦς ἤγετε εἰς ἐμπορίαν, ἐπεμελεῖσθε ἂν αὐτῶν, ἵνα ὑμῖν πλεῖον ἀργύριον πωλούμενοι ἐνέγκωσιν· ἡμῶν δὲ, οὓς καὶ αὐτοὺς μέλλετε ὥσπερ σῦς πιπράσκειν, καταμελεῖτε.

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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/.