# Epistulae 4-3

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/diogenes-sinopensis-epistulae/epistulae/4-3

(4) οὐ μὲν οὖν εἶπεν, ἀλλὰ θέρους μὲν ῥᾳστώνην, χειμῶνος δὲ πλείονα ἢ κατ’ ἄνθρωπον ταλαιπωρίαν. τὴν δὲ πήραν διὰ τί μοι περιτέθεικας; ἵνα πάντῃ τὴν οἰκίαν εἶπε περιφέρῃς. τὸ δὲ ποτήριον καὶ τὸ τρυβλίον διὰ τί ἐνέβαλες; ὅτι δεῖ σε εἶπε καὶ πίνειν καὶ ὄψῳ χρῆσθαι, ὄψῳ ἑτέρῳ ἔφη, κάρδαμον μὴ ἔχοντα. τὴν δὲ λήκυθον καὶ τὴν στλεγγίδα πρὸς τί ἀπήρτησας; τὴν μὲν ἀρωγόν ἔφη πόνων, τὴν δὲ γλοίου. ἡ δὲ βακτηρία πρὸς τί; ἔφην. πρὸς τὴν ἀσφάλειαν εἶπε. ποίαν τήνδε; πρὸς ἣν οἱ θεοὶ αὐτῇ ἐχρήσαντο, πρὸς τοὺς ποιητάς.

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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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