# Epistulae 1-27

Diogenes Sinopensis Epistulae, Epistulae, κθ′. Διονυσίῳ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/diogenes-sinopensis-epistulae/epistulae/1-27

Ἐπειδὴ δέδοκταί σοι ἐπιμέλειάν ποιήσασθαι σεαυτοῦ, πέμψω σοι ἄνθρωπον οὐδὲν μὰ Δία Ἀριστίππῳ καὶ Πλάτωνι ὅμοιον, ἀλλ’ ἕνα τῶν Ἀθήνησι παιδαγωγῶν ἐξͅ ὧν ἔχω, δριμύτατα μὲν βλέποντα, ὀξύτατα δὲ βαδίζοντα, σκῦτος δὲ ἀλγεινότατον φέροντα, ὅς σε μὰ Δία ἐπιτρέψει τὸ μὴ καθ’ ὥραν ἀναπαύεσθαι καὶ πρωὶ ἐγείρεσθαι, παύσας φόβων καὶ δειμάτων, ἐν οἷς ὢν οἴει τι μᾶλλον διὰ τοὺς δορυφόρους ἢ τῆς ἀκροπόλεως τὴν εὐερκίαν ἀποστήσεσθαι αὐτῶν, δι’ ὧν μόνων ἀεὶ πάρεστι. καὶ σοὶ δὲ ὅσῳ μᾶλλον καὶ πλείω καὶ μείζω ποιαῦτα κατασκευάζῃ, πλείους καὶ μείζους ἀπορίαι καὶ δείματα τῆς ψυχῆς ἀποβαίνουσι.

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Diogenes Sinopensis 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/tlg1325.tlg001.local001/.