# Epistulae 2-3

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/diogenes-sinopensis-epistulae/epistulae/2-3

(2) τὴν δὲ στολὴν καὶ Ὅμηρος γράφει Ὀδυσσέα τὸν τῶν Ἑλλήνων σοφώτατον φορῆσαι, ἡνίκα οἴκαδε ἐπανῄει ἐξ Ἰλίου Ἀθηνᾶς ὑποθημοσύνῃσιν, καὶ οὕτω καλή ἐστιν, ὡς μὴ ἀνθρώπων εὕρημα εἶναι ὁμολογεῖσθαι, ἀλλὰ θεῶν. φᾶρος μέν οἱ πρῶτα χιτῶνά τε εἵματ’ ἔδωκε λευγαλέα, ῥυπόωντα, κακῷ μεμορυγμένα καπνῷ· ἀμφὶ δέ μιν μέγα δέρμα ταχείης ἕσσ’ ἐλάφοιο ψιλόν, δῶκε δέ οἱ σκῆπτρον καὶ ἀεικέα πήρην, πυκνὰ ῥωγαλέην, ἐν δὲ στρόφος ἦεν ἀορτήρ. θάρρει οὖν, ὦ πάτερ, ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι, ὃ καλοῦσιν ἡμᾶς, καὶ ἐπὶ τῇ στολῇ, ἐπεὶ ὁ μὲν κύων ἐστὶ πρὸς θ̔εῶν, ἣ δὲ εὕρημα τοῦ θεοῦ.

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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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