# Ἐπιστολαὶ ηʹ Τοῖς Μυτιληναίων ἄρχουσιν 2

Isocrates, Ἐπιστολαὶ ηʹ Τοῖς Μυτιληναίων ἄρχουσιν, Section 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/isocrates/text-10/2

ὡς δ’ οὐδὲν αὐτοῖς ἀπέβαινεν ὧν ἤλπιζον, ἅπασιν ἦσαν καταφανεῖς ἀηδῶς διακείμενοι καὶ χαλεπῶς φέροντες. ὁρῶν δ’ αὐτοὺς λυπουμένους μᾶλλον τοῦ προσήκοντος, τελευτῶν ὑπεσχόμην γράψειν τὴν ἐπιστολὴν καὶ πέμψειν ὑμῖν. ὑπὲρ μὲν οὖν τοῦ μὴ δικαίως ἂν δοκεῖν μωρὸς εἶναι μηδ’ ὀχληρὸς ταῦτ’ ἔχω λέγειν.

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Isocrates, Ἐπιστολαὶ ηʹ Τοῖς Μυτιληναίων ἄρχουσιν, ed. Larue Van Hook. 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/tlg0010.tlg025.local001/.