# Epistulae 1-34

Diogenes Sinopensis Epistulae, Epistulae, λς′. Τιμομάχῳ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/diogenes-sinopensis-epistulae/epistulae/1-34

Ἧκον εἰς Κύζικον καὶ διαπορευόμενος τὴν ὁδὸν ἐθεασάμην ἐπί τινος θύρας ἐπιγεγραμμένον ὁ τ οῦ Διὸς παῖς καλλίν ικος Ἡ ρ ακλῆς ἐνθάδε κατοικεῖ, μη δὲν εἰσίτω κακόν. ἐπιστὰς οὖν ἀνεγίγνωσκον καὶ παρερχόμενόν τινα ἠρόμην τίς ἢ πόθεν ὁ ταύτην τὴν οἰκίαν οἰκῶν; ὃ δέ με δόξας πυνθάνεσθαι διὰ τὰ ἄλφιτα ἀπεκρίνατο φαῦλος ἄνθρωπος, ὦ Διόγενες· ἁλλ’ ἀπάναγε ἐνθένδε. κἀγὼ πρὸς ἐμαυτόν ἀλλ ἑοικεν ἔφην οὖτος, ὅστις ποτ’ ἔστιν, ἐξ ὧν λέγει ἑαυτῷ τὴν θύραν ἀποκλεῖσαι. καὶ μικρὸν προελθὼν ἑτέραν θύραν θεωρῶ τὸ αὐτὸ ἰαμβεῖον ἔχουσαν ἐπιγεγραμμένον.

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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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