# Epistulae 4

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/cratetis-epistulae/epistulae/4

(4) ταῦτα οὖν διεξιόντος οἱ ὠνηταὶ ἑστῶτες τῶν λόγων ἠκροῶντο καὶ αὐτὸν ἐθαύμαζον τῆς ἀπαθείας, τινὲς δὲ καὶ ἠρώτων εἴ τι ἐπίσταται. ὃ δὲ ἔλεγεν ἐπίστασθαι ἀνθρώπων ἄρχειν, «ὥστε εἴ τις ὑμῶν κυρίου δεῖται, συμφωνείτω προσιὼν τοῖς πωληταῖς.» κἀκεῖνοι ἀναγελάσαντες ἐπὶ τούτῳ «καὶ τίς» ἔφασαν «ἐστίν, ὃς ὢν ἐλεύθερος κυρίου δεῖται;» πάντες» εἶπεν «οἱ φαῦλοι καὶ τιμῶντες μὲν ἡδονήν, ἀτιμάζοντες δὲ πόνον, τὰ μέγιστα τῶν κακῶν δελέατα.»

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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.
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