# Epistulae 1-5

Diogenes Sinopensis Epistulae, Epistulae, ε′. Περδίκκᾳ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/diogenes-sinopensis-epistulae/epistulae/1-5

Εἰ μὲν ταῖς δόξαις ἤδη πολεμεῖς, λέγω δὲ τοῖς ἰσχυροτέροις ἐχθροῖς καὶ πλείονα καταβλάπτουσί σε Θρᾳκῶν τε καὶ Παιόνων, καταστρεψόμενος τὰ τῶν ἀνθρώπων πάθη μεταπέμπου με· δύναμαι γὰρ εἰς τὸν πρὸς ταῦτα πόλεμον καὶ στρατηγεῖν. εἰ δ’ ἔτι σοι τὰ πρὸς ἀνθρώπους ἔργα λείπεται καὶ τούτου τοῦ πολέμου σχεδὸν αἰσθάνῃ, ἔα μὲν ἡμᾶς Ἀθήνησι καθέζεσθαι, μεταπέμπου δὲ τοὺς Ἀλεξάνδρου στρατιώτας, οἷς κἀκεῖνος ἐπικούροις χρώμενος Ἰλλυριοὺς καὶ Σκύθας ὑπέταξεν,

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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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