# Epistulae 5-4

Diogenes Sinopensis Epistulae, Epistulae, λζ′. Μονίμῳ.. Ancient Greek.

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

(5) ταύτην οὖν τὴν ὁδὸν διὰ τὸ δύσκολον μόλις ἂν δύνασθαι γυμνὸν ἕκαστον ἀναβῆναι, καὶ οὐχ ὅτι φέροντά τι σὺν ἑαυτῷ καὶ βαρούμενον μόγῳ καὶ δεσμοῖς περισωθῆναι, ἀλλ’ οὐδὲ τῶν ἀναγκαίων τι μετιόντα, ποιῆσαι δ’ ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ τροφὴν μὲ πόαν ἢ κάρδαμα, πόμα δὲ εὐπαλὲς ὕδωρ, ** μάλιστα δ’ ὅπῃ δέοι τοῦ ῥᾷστα βαδίσαι, γυμναστέον ἐσθίειν μὲν κάρδαμον, πίνειν δὲ ὕδωρ, ἀμπέχεσθαι δὲ τρίβωνα κοῦφον, ἀποδειξαμένους τὴν ἄθλησιν τοῦ τε ἀποδύεσθαι πρὸς γῆν, ἑστῶτα δὲ ἐπὶ ἄκρον τὸν Ἑρμῆν ἐκτινάσσειν τοὺς βαδίζοντας, μή τι ἔχοντες ἐφόδιον βέβηλον οἴκοθεν βαδίζωσιν.

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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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