# Epistulae 3-5

Diogenes Sinopensis Epistulae, Epistulae, λβ′. Ἀριστίππῳ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/diogenes-sinopensis-epistulae/epistulae/3-5

(3) ταῦτ’ ἔγωγε ἀντ’ ἐκείνων τῶν ὀνειδῶν ὑπομιμνήσκω. ὁπόσῳ ζῶμεν σέρεις πλύνειν ἐπιστάμενοι, τὰς δὲ Διον σίου θύρας θεραπεύειν ἁγνοοῦντες ὑμῶν, φημί, χρεῖντον τῶν Διονυσίῳ συμβουλευόντων καὶ ἐπιτασσόντων Σικελίᾳ πάσῃ. ἀλλ’ ειἴη σοι, κἂν ὁπόσα γε λέγῃς πρὸς ἡμᾶς ἀποθαρρυνόμενος, καὶ νοεῖν καὶ μὴ στασιάζεσθαι πρὸς τὰ πάθη τὸν λόγον· καλὰ γὰρ τὰ παρὰ νυσίῳ μέχρι λόγου, ἐλευθερία δὲ ἡ ἐπὶ Κρόνου καὶ ἡ φιλητιος μαζαβλωρος-

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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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