# Gnomologium Epicteteum (e Stobaei libris 3‑4) 57

Epictetus, Gnomologium Epicteteum (e Stobaei libris 3‑4), Section 57. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epictetus-phil/gnomologium-epicteteum-e-stobaei-libris-3-4/57

Ἐπικτήτου. 57. (78). Ὥσπερ οἱ ἐπὶ τῶν λιμένων πυρσοὶ διʼ ὀλίγων φρυγάνων πολλὴν ἀνάψαντες φλόγα ταῖς ἀλωμέναις ἀνὰ τὸ πέλαγος ναυσὶν ἱκανὴν ἐργάζονται βοήθειαν, οὕτω καὶ ἀνὴρ λαμπρὸς ἐν πόλει χειμαζομένῃ αὐτὸς ὀλίγοις ἀρκούμενος μεγάλα τοὺς πολίτας εὐεργετεῖ.

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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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