# P.Herc. 1056, 1420 40

Epicurus, P.Herc. 1056, 1420, Fragment 40. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epicurus/p-herc-1056-1420/40

αυνς οὐ μαχόμεθα τοῖς ε καὶ οὐ τὴν ἀτον ίαν ἔχουσιν ἀλλ' οὐ δ ὲ παρακαλεῖν ἐπιχειροῦμεν καὶ παροξύνειν ἐπὶ τὰ καιριώτατα, ὡς ἤδη πέπηγεν ἀπὸ τῆς φ ύσεως τῆς αὐτῆς κακηθρ οισμέ νης οὐχ ἑτέρως τινι τὴν αἰτίαν ἀναψούσης, τὴν πῆξ ιν τὴν ὁ μοίαν τῆ ι κ ανη ι καὶ μ ατωντοιαβ τὴν αἰτίαν προσφέ ροντες οὐ δ' ὅσοις προσφέρομεν απε υφη α υατα σα υ που σα νο μ πε ευν μι κα τ σ ην αιπο ιρ αδοτα κι

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Epicurus, P.Herc. 1056, 1420. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY 3.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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