# Ἀρριανοῦ τῶν Ἐπικτήτου Διατριβῶν 3.33

Epictetus, Ἀρριανοῦ τῶν Ἐπικτήτου Διατριβῶν, Book 3, περὶ Κυνισμοῦ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epictetus-phil/text/3.33

ταλαίπωρον ἡγεμονικὸν καὶ μόνον ἀτημέλητον καὶ ἀθεράπευτον. μέλλουσιν ἀποθνῄσκειν ὑπὸ τῶν Τρώων ἀναιρεθέντες. ἂν δʼ αὐτοὺς οἱ Τρῶες μὴ ἀποκτείνωσιν, οὐ μὴ ἀποθάνωσιν; ναί, ἀλλʼ οὐχʼ ὑφʼ ἓν πάντες. τί οὖν διαφέρει; εἰ γὰρ κακόν ἐστι τὸ ἀποθανεῖν, ἄν τε ὁμοῦ ἄν τε καθʼ ἕνα ὁμοίως κακόν ἐστιν. μή τι ἄλλο τι μέλλει γίνεσθαι ἢ τὸ σωμάτιον χωρίζεσθαι καὶ ἡ ψυχή;

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Epictetus, Ἀρριανοῦ τῶν Ἐπικτήτου Διατριβῶν, 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.tlg001.local001/.