# Gnomologium Epicteteum (e Stobaei libris 3‑4) 26

Epictetus, Gnomologium Epicteteum (e Stobaei libris 3‑4), Section 26. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epictetus-phil/gnomologium-epicteteum-e-stobaei-libris-3-4/26

26. (36). Οἱ τέττιγες μουσικοί, οἱ δὲ κοχλίαι ἄφωνοι· χαίρουσι δὲ οἱ μὲν ὑγραινόμενοι, οἱ δὲ ἀλεαινόμενοι· ἔπειτα προκαλεῖται τοὺς μὲν ἡ δρόσος καὶ ἐπὶ ταύτῃ ἐκδύνουσι, τοὺς δʼ αὖ διεγείρει ἀκμάζων ὁ ἥλιος καὶ ἐπʼ αὐτῷ ᾄδουσι. τοιγαροῦν εἰ βούλει μουσικὸς καὶ εὐάρμοστος ὑπάρχειν ἀνήρ, ἡνίκʼ ἂν ἐν τοῖς πότοις ὑπὸ τοῦ οἴνου δροσισθῇ ἡ ψυχή, τότε αὐτὴν μὴ ἔα προιοῦσαν μολύνεσθαι· ἀλλʼ ἡνίκʼ ἂν ἐν τοῖς συνεδρίοις ὑπὸ τοῦ λόγου διαπυρωθῇ, τότε θεσπίζειν καὶ ᾄδειν τὰ τῆς δικαιοσύνης κέλευε λόγια.

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Epictetus, Gnomologium Epicteteum (e Stobaei libris 3‑4), 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.
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