# Epistulae 3-11

Diogenes Sinopensis Epistulae, Epistulae, λη′........ Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/diogenes-sinopensis-epistulae/epistulae/3-11

(3) ὡς δὲ καὶ τοῦτον καταλιπόντες οἱ περιεστῶτες ἀπηλλάγησαν, ἄνθρωποι καὶ ἄλλοι οἱ ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ, ἐπεὶ ταῦτα ἤκουσαν, διέλυσαν τοὺς κύκλους καὶ εἵποντο ἐξ ἐκείνου, καὶ πολλάκις μὲν διαλεγομένου μου περὶ καρτερίας ἐπακολουθοῦντες ἐπηκροῶντο, πολλάκις δὲ καρτεροῦντος ἢ διαιτωμένου παρετύγχανον. ἐκόμιζον δέ μοι διὰ ταῦτα οἳ μὲν ἀργύρια, οἳ δὲ ἄξια ἀργυρίου, πολλοὶ δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ δεῖπνον ἐκάλουν, ἐγὼ δὲ παρὰ μὲν τῶν μετρίων ἐλάμβανον τὰ πρὸς τὴν φύσιν ἀποχρῶντα, παρὰ δὲ τῶν φαύλων οὐδὲν προσιέμην, καὶ παρὰ μὲν τῶν ἐπισταμένων μοι χάριν ἐπὶ τῷ καὶ τὸ πρῶτον λαβεῖν καὶ πάλιν ἐλάμβανον, παρὰ δὲ τῶν μὴ ἐπισταμένων οὐκέτι.

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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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