# Epistulae 2-14

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/diogenes-sinopensis-epistulae/epistulae/2-14

(2) ἐν ταύτῃ ἔφην τίς ἐστιν ὁ κατοικῶν; τελώνης εἶπεν, ἄνθρωπος ἀγοραῖος ὤν. ταύτην οὖν αἱ τῶν πονηρῶν ἔφην θύραι μόνον ἔχουσι τὴν ἐπιγραφὴν ἢ καὶ αἱ τῶν σπουδαίων; πάντων εἶπεν. εἶτα διὰ τί ἔφην, εἰ ὑμᾶς ὠφελεῖ τοῦτο, οὐχὶ ταῖς πύλαις ἐπεγράψατε αὐτὸ τοῖς τῆς πόλεως, ἀλλὰ ταῖς οἰκίαις, εἰς ἃς μηδὲ χωρῆσαι δύναται ὁ Ηρακλῆς ; ἢ τὴν μὲν πόλιν βούλεσθε ἔχειν κακῶς, τὰς δὲ οἰκίας οὔ ; ἢ τὰ μὲν κοινὰ ὑμᾶς κακὰ οὐ δύναται καταβλάπτειν, τὰ δ’ ἴδια; οὐκ ἔχω εἶπε, Διόγενες, περὶ τούἀποκρίνασθαί σοι. τί δέ ἔφην οἴεσθε ὑμεῖς οἱ Κυζικηνοὶ κακὸν εἶναι; νόσον, πενίαν, θάνατον, τὰ τοιαῦτα ἔφησεν.

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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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