# Epistulae 6-3

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/diogenes-sinopensis-epistulae/epistulae/6-3

(6) ἐγώ τοι παρὰ Ἀντισθένει πρῶτον ἀσκήσας ἐσθίειν τε καὶ πίνειν ἧκον τὴν ἐπ’ εὐδαιμονίαν ὁδὸν σπεύδων ἀπνευστί, παρελθὼν δὲ ἵνα ὑπῆρχεν ἡ εὐδαιμονία ἔφην ὑπέμεινα, εὐδαιμονία, διὰ σὲ καὶ μέγα κακὸν ὕδωρ πίνειν καὶ κάρδαμον ἐσθίειν καὶ ἐπὶ γῆς κοιμᾶσθαι. ἣ δὲ ἠμείψατό με ἀλλ’ ἐγώ τοι ἔφη σοι ταῦτα ποιήσω δίχα ταλαιπωρίας ἡδύτερα τῶν τοῦ πλούτου ἀγαθῶν, ὃν μᾶλλον οἱ ἄνθρωποι ἐμοῦ πρεσβεύουσι, καὶ οὐκ αἰσθάνονται τύραννον ἑαυτοῖς ἐπιτρέφοντες. ἐξ ἐκείνου ἐγώ, ἐπεὶ ταῦτα τῆς εὐδαιμονίας διαλεγομένης ἤκουσα, οὐκέτι ταῦτα ὡς ἀσκήματα ἤσθιον καὶ ἔπινον, ἀλλ’ ὡς ἡδονάς, κρατεῖ δέ με πρὸς ταύτην τὴν δίαιταν καὶ τὸ ἔθος, οὗ πᾶς ἀπολειπόμενος βλάπτεται.

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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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