# Epistulae 4-5

Diogenes Sinopensis Epistulae, Epistulae, λγ′. Φχνομάχῳ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/diogenes-sinopensis-epistulae/epistulae/4-5

(4) ἀλλὰ δὴ ταῦτα μὲν ὡς ** ὄντα παραλείπεται, ἀναβαίνετε δὲ ἐπὶ τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ οὐδὲ ’Ομήρῳ πείθεσθε τούτων μὴ ἐπιθυμεῖν τῷ εἰς σωφροσύνην τὰ τῶν Ἀλωειδῶν πάθη ἀναγράψαντι. ταῦτ’ ἐμοῦ πολλῷ παραστήματι διεξερχομένου πολλή αἰδὼς τὸν Ἀλέξανδρον εἰσῆλθε, καὶ ἀποκλίνας πρὸς ἕνα τῶν ἑταίρων εἶπεν ἀλλ’ εἰ μὴ ἔφθην Ἀλέξανδρος γενέσθαι, Διογένης ἂν ἐγενόμην. καὶ ἐξαναστήσας με ἀπῆγεν σὺν ἑαυτῷ, παρακαλῶν συστρατεύεσθαι, καὶ μόλις ἀφῆκεν.

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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/.