# Epistulae 7-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/diogenes-sinopensis-epistulae/epistulae/7-2

(7) παρατίθει οὖν ἡμῖν καὶ σὺ τοιαῦτα δεῖπνα, μιμούμενος τὸ κάλλιστον τῶν ἐν τῷ βίῳ, εὐδαιμονίαν, τὰ δὲ πλούτου ἵει εἰς τοὺς ἁμαρτάνοντας αὐτῆς τῆς ὁδοῦ. ἀλλ’ εἰ τοῦτό σοι ἔφην δοκοίη, ἴσθι καὶ τοῦτ’ εἶπον. ἀεὶ τοιούτοις με δείπνοις θοίνα, τοῦ τε λοιποῦ τοιαῦτα παρέχου τοῖς ξένοις. καὶ οὐδέποτε παρόντας μὲν αὐτοὺς ἐκκλινεῖς, ὑστερίζοντας δέ τινας αὐτῶν ζητήσεις, ἐλέγχου γὰρ εἶς βελτίων. ταῦτά μοι, ἐν Ῥόδῳ ἐπεὶ ἐγενόμην, πρὸς Λακύδην τὸν ξένον ὡμιλήθη.

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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/.