# Epistulae 2

Diogenes Sinopensis Epistulae, Epistulae, α′. Σινωπεῦσιν.. Ancient Greek.

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

(2) ἀλλ’ ὤφελε τοῦτο μὴ νῦν ὑμῖν δόξαι, ἀλλ’ ἔτι πάλαι καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ πατρὸς Ἱκέτου. νυνὶ δὲ ἓν τοῦτο δέδοικα, μὴ διὰ τὴν πατρίδα ἀπιστηθῶ μέτριος εἶναι. τὸ μὲν οὖν πρὸς ὑμῶν με φυγαδευθῆναι συνηγορεῖ, καὶ πιστεύω αὐτῷ μᾶλλον τοῦ ἑτέρου· κρεῖττον γὰρ παρὰ πολὺ διαβάλλεσθαι πρὸς ὑμῶν ἢ ἐπαινεῖσθαι. ὅμως μέντοι δέδοικα τοῦτο, μή με ὁ κοινὸς περὶ τῆς πατρίδος λόγος βλάψῃ. ἄλλου δέ τινος οὐδεὶς λόγος· κρεῖττον γὰρ ὁπουδήποτε οἰκεῖν ἢ σὺν ὑμῖν οὕτως ἡμῖν προσενεχθεῖσιν.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg1325.tlg001.local001/.