# Πατρίδος Ἐγκώμιον 11

Lucian, Πατρίδος Ἐγκώμιον, Section 11. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lucian/text-49/11

καὶ σπεύδει τις εἰς τὴν πατρίδα, κἂν νησιώτης ᾖ, κἂν παρʼ ἄλλοις εὐδαιμονεῖν δύνηται, καὶ διδομένην ἀθανασίαν οὐ προσήσεται, προτιμῶν τὸν ἐπὶ τῆς πατρίδος τάφον, καὶ ὁ τῆς πατρίδος αὐτῷ καπνὸς λαμπρότερος ὀφθήσεται τοῦ παρʼ ἄλλοις πυρός.

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Lucian, Πατρίδος Ἐγκώμιον, ed. Austin Morris Harmon. 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/tlg0062.tlg010.local001/.