# Dissertationum Epictetearum sive ab Arriano sive ab aliis digestarum fragmenta 21

Epictetus, Dissertationum Epictetearum sive ab Arriano sive ab aliis digestarum fragmenta, Fragment 21. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epictetus-phil/dissertationum-epictetearum-sive-ab-arriano-sive-ab-aliis-digestarum-fragmenta/21

Ἐπικτήτου. διὰ τοῦτο ἐπαινεῖν Ἀγριππῖνον δίκαιον, ὅτι πλείστου ἄξιος ἀνὴρ γενόμενος οὐδεπώποτε ἐπῄνεσεν ἑαυτόν, ἀλλʼ εἰ καὶ ἄλλος τις αὐτὸν ἐπῄνει, ἠρυθρία. οὗ τος δʼ, ἔφη, ὁ ἀνὴρ τοιοῦτος ἦν, ὥστε τοῦ συμβαίνοντος ἀεὶ ἑαυτῷ δυσκόλου ἔπαινον γράφειν· εἰ μὲν πυρέττοι, πυρετοῦ· εἰ δὲ ἀδοξοῖ, ἀδοξίας· εἰ δὲ φεύγοι, φυγῆς. καί ποτε μέλλοντι, ἔφη, αὐτῷ ἀριστήσειν ἐπέστη ὁ λέγων, ὅτι φεύγειν αὐτὸν κελεύει Νέρων, καὶ ὃς οὐκοῦν, εἶπεν, ἐν Ἀρικίᾳ ἀριστήσομεν.

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Epictetus, Dissertationum Epictetearum sive ab Arriano sive ab aliis digestarum fragmenta, ed. Heinrich Schenkl. 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/tlg0557.tlg003.local001/.