# Epistulae 3

Euripides Epistulae, Epistulae, δ′. Τῷ αὐτῷ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/euripides-epistulae/epistulae/3

(3) ἀλλὰ δῆτα, κἂν ἐπίσχῃ πνέων, πάντως ἤδη και πόλεις καὶ ἔθνη καὶ ἰδιῶται πολλοὶ καὶ ᾔσθοντο τῆς σῆς δυνάμεως οὐ σὺν κακῷ, καὶ ἔχουσιν ἀπόμοιραν τῆς σῆς εὐπραξίας. καὶ οἱ μὲν πόνοι παύσαιντ’ ἂν ἐκστάντος σοῦ καὶ τὸ κινδυνεύειν καὶ αἱ φροντίδες, τὸ δὲ συνειδὸς ὧν τε ἔπαθον τοῖς παθοῦσι καὶ σοὶ τῷ πεποιηκότι ἀεὶ μενεῖ οὐ μικρὸν οὔτε κτῆμα οὔτε ἀπόλαυσμα, ἀλλὰ ἀρκοῦν τοῦτο καὶ ἐν δυσπραγίαις ἡδονὰς παρέχειν. ταῦτα δὴ παρακελεύομαι πράσσειν τε ἀεὶ καὶ μὴ ἀποκάμνειν, ὥσπερ οὐδ’ ἀποκάμοις ἄν, οὐδ’ ἔστι τις τούτου κόρος, τὰ δ’ ἄλλα πράως ὁμοίως καὶ δεξιῶς χρῆσθαι τῇ παρούσῃ δυνάμει· καὶ γὰρ τοῦτο αὐτὸ οὐκ ἄλλον τινὰ ἀνθρώπων, οὐδ’ ὅστις τεθνήξεσθαι παραχρῆμα μέλλων σοῦ κελεύσαντος ἀφεθῇ, ἐκεῖνον μᾶλλον ἢ σεαυτὸν εὐφρανεῖ τὸ τοιοῦτον εἶναι τὸν τρόπον.

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Euripides Epistulae, Epistulae, ed. Rudolf Hercher. 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/tlg1367.tlg001.local001/.