# Epistulae 1-7

Diogenes Sinopensis Epistulae, Epistulae, ζ′. Ἱκέτῃ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/diogenes-sinopensis-epistulae/epistulae/1-7

Μὴ ἀνιῶ, ὦ πάτερ, ὅτι κύων λέγομαι καὶ ἀμπέχομαι τρίβωνα διπλοῦν καὶ πήραν φέρω κατ’ ὤμων καὶ ῥάβδον ἔχω διὰ χειρός· οὐ γὰρ ἄξιον ἐπὶ τοῖς τοιούτοις ἀνιᾶσθαι, μᾶλλον δὲ ἥδεσθαι, ὅτι ὀλίγοις ἀρκεῖται ὁ παῖς σου, ἐλεύθερος δέ ἐστι δόξης, ᾗ πάντες δουλεύουσιν Ἕλληνές τε καὶ βάρβαροι· τὸ γὰρ ὄνομα πρὸς τῷ μὴ συμπεφυκέναι τοῖς πράγμασι, σύμβολον δ’ εἶναι ἔνδοξόν πώς ἐστι. καλοῦμαι γὰρ κύων ὁ οὐρανοῦ οὐχ ὁ γῆς, ὅτι ἐκείνῳ εἰκάζω ἐμαυτόν, ζῶν οὐ κατὰ δόξαν, ἀλλὰ κατὰ φύσιν ἐλεύθερος ὑπὸ τὸν Δία, εἰς αὐτὸν ἀνατεθεικὼς τἀγαθὸν καὶ οὐκ εἰς τὸν πλησίον·

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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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