# Epistulae 5

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/cratetis-epistulae/epistulae/5

(5) διὰ ταῦτα περιμάχητος ἐγένετο ὁ Διογένης καὶ οὐκέτι ἐπράθη, ἀλλ’ οἱ λῃσταὶ καθελόντες αὐτὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ λίθου ἦγον οἴκαδε παρ’ αὑτούς, ὑπισχνούμενοι, εἰ ἐπιδείξαι τι αὐτοῖς ὧν πωλούμενος ἔλεγεν εἰδέναι, ἀφήσειν.» διὰ ταῦτα οὕτε αὐτὸς ἐπανελθὼν οἴκαδε τὸ λύτρον ἐπόρισα, οὔτε σοι ἐπέστειλα πορίζειν. ἀλλὰ χαῖρε καὶ σύ, ὅτι ζῇ ἁλοὺς εἰς τὰ λῃστρικὰ καὶ ὅτι ἃ μὴ ὑπὸ πολλῶν ἐπιστεύετο εἶναι ἐφάνη.

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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/.