# Βίοι καὶ γνῶμαι τῶν ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ εὐδοκιμησάντων 75-7

Diogenes Laertius, Βίοι καὶ γνῶμαι τῶν ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ εὐδοκιμησάντων, η, Κεφ. β′. ΕΜΠΕΔΟΚΛΗΣ. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/diogenes-laertius/text/75-7

καὶ σύ ποτʼ, Ἐμπεδόκλεις, διερῇ φλογὶ σῶμα καθήρας πῦρ ἀπὸ κρητήρων ἔκπιες ἀθανάτων· οὐκ ἐρέω δʼ ὅτι σαυτὸν ἑκὼν βάλες ἐς ῥόον Αἴτνης, ἀλλὰ λαθεῖν ἐθέλων ἔμπεσες οὐκ ἐθέλων. καὶ ἄλλο· ναὶ μὴν Ἐμπεδοκλῆα θανεῖν λόγος ὥς ποτʼ ἀμάξης ἔκπεσε καὶ μηρὸν κλάσσατο δεξιτερόν· εἰ δὲ πυρὸς κρητῆρας ἐσήλατο καὶ πίε τὸ ζῆν, πῶς ἂν ἔτʼ ἐν Μεγάροις δείκνυτο τοῦδε τάφος;

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Diogenes Laertius, Βίοι καὶ γνῶμαι τῶν ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ εὐδοκιμησάντων, ed. R. D. Hicks. 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/tlg0004.tlg001.local001/.