# Epistulae 1-31

Diogenes Sinopensis Epistulae, Epistulae, λγ′. Φχνομάχῳ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/diogenes-sinopensis-epistulae/epistulae/1-31

Ἐκαθήμην ἐν τῷ θεάτρῳ βιβλίδια κολλῶν, ἀφιχόμενος δὲ Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Φιλίππου στὰς ἐν τῷ καταντικρὺ πλησίον ἐμοῦ τὸν ἥλιον ἀφείλετό μου, κἀγὼ διὰ τὸ μηκέτι πως ὁρᾶν τὰ διασπάσματα τῶν βιβλιδίων ἀνέβλεψα καὶ τότε ἔγνων αὐτὸν παρόντα. ὡς δέ με καὶ αὐτός, ἐπεὶ ἀνέβλεψα, προσηγόρευσε καὶ τὴν δεξιὰν ὤρεξεν, ὡς δὲ καὶ αὐτὸν ἐγὼ διὰ τοῦτο ἀντιπροσηγόρευσα καὶ εἶπον τοιοῦτον. ἀληθῶς ἀνίκητος εἶ, μειράκιον, ὅτε καὶ θεοῖς τὰ ἴσα δύνασαι· ἰδοὺ γάρ, ὅ φασι τὴν σελήνην τὸν ἥλιον διατιθέναι ἐν τῷ γενέσθαι αὐτῷ καταντικρύ, καὶ σὺ ταὐτὸ τοῦτο εἴργασαι, ἐπεὶ δεῦρο εἰσελθὼν ἐμοὶ παρέστης.

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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.
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