# Epistulae 2-8

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/diogenes-sinopensis-epistulae/epistulae/2-8

(2) καὶ ἐπεὶ ἀγχοῦ ἐγενόμεθα, ἐπιδείκνυσιν ἡμῖν δύο τινὲ ὁδὼ ἀναφερούσα, τὴν μὲν ὀλίγην προσάντη τε καὶ δύσκολον, τὴν δὲ πολλὴν λείαν τε κα ῥᾳδίαν καθιστάς. ἅμα γάρ αἱ μὲν εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν εἶπε φέρουσαι ὁδοί εἰσιν αὗται, αἱ δὲ ἐπὶ τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν τοιαῦται· αἱρεῖσθε δὲ ἕκαστος ἣν ἐθέλετε, ξεναγήσω δ’ ἐγώ. τότε οἱ μὲν ἄλλοι τῆς ὁδοῦ τὸ δύσκολον καὶ πρόσαντες καταπλαγέντες ὑποκατεκλίνησαν καὶ τὴν μακρὰν καὶ λείαν παρεκάλουν αὐτὸν διάγειν, ἐγὼ δὲ κρείττων γενόμενος τῶν χαλεπῶν τὴν προσάντη καὶ δύσκολον· ἐπὶ γὰρ εὐδαιμονίαν ἐπειγομένῳ κἂν διὰ πυρὸς ἢ ξιφῶν βαδιστέον εἶναι.

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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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