# Epistulae 1-30

Diogenes Sinopensis Epistulae, Epistulae, λβ′. Ἀριστίππῳ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/diogenes-sinopensis-epistulae/epistulae/1-30

Ἐπυθόμην σε σχολάσαι βασκανίᾳ καθ’ ἡμῶν καὶ παρὰ τῷ τυράννῳ ὀνειδίζειν ἑκάστοτε τὴν ἐμὴν πενίαν, ὅτι ἡμᾶς ποτὲ κατέλαβες ἐπὶ τῆς κρήνης σέρεις ἀποκλύζοντας ὄψον τῷ ἄρτῳ. ἐγὼ δὲ ἄγαμαι, πῶς, ὦ μακάριε, τοῖς τὰ ἄξια ἐπαινοῦσι πενίαν κακίζεις, καὶ ταῦτα Σωκράτους κατακηκοώς, τοῦ τὸν αὐτὸν μὲν τρίβωνα χειμῶνος καὶ θέρους καὶ ἄλλοτε ἀμπεχομένου, τὸν αὐτὸν δὲ πρὸς τὰς γυναῖκας κοινὸν ἔχοντος, ὄψον δὲ οὐκ ἐκ τῶν κήπων φέροντος οὐδ’ ἐκ τῶν μαγειρείων, ἀλλ’ ἀπὸ τῶν γυμνασίων. ἀλλ’ ἔοικας ταῦτα ἐπιλελησμένῳ διὰ τὰς Σικελικὰς τραπέζας.

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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/.