# Epistulae 1-117

Phalaridis Epistulae, Epistulae, ριζ′. Μελιταίοις.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/phalaridis-epistulae/epistulae/1-117

Οὐκ ἐκφαυλίζων, ὦ Μελιταῖοι, τὰς τιμὰς ὑμῶν ἀπέπεμψα τὸν πρεσβευτὴν κατασεσημασμένας φέροντα αὐτάς, οὐκ ἐᾷ δέ με ἐπαινεῖσθαι τὰ πεπραγμένα. ὑμεῖς μὲν οὖν ἴσως, οἷον αὐτοί με εἶναι δοκεῖν ἐθέλετε, τοιοῦτον οἴεσθε ὑπολαμβάνεσθαι καὶ παρ’ ἑτέροις· ἐγὼ δὲ οἶδα παρὰ μὲν τοῖς ἄλλοις ἅπασι κακὸς ὑπολαμβανόμενος, παρὰ δ’ ὑμῖν κἂν νομίζωμαι ἀγαθός, οὐδὲν ἐκτεῖναι δυνάμενος ἐντεῦθεν ἐπὶ τοὺς ἄλλους τὴν φήμην, πολὺ δὲ μᾶλλον εἰς τὰς ψευδοδοξίας τῶν ἀνθρώπων βλάψων ὑμᾶς, ὅτι τὸν κάκιστον οὐκ ἄν, εἰ μὴ τοιοῦτοι καθειστήκειτε, ἐπῃνεῖτε. ἐξ ὧν τοίνυν ὑμεῖς μὲν ἂν ἀδίκως πονηροί, ἐγὼ δ’ οὐδὲν ἐπιεικέστερος [ἐμαυτοῦ] ὑπελαμβανόμην, οὐκ ᾤμην δεῖν ἐμαυτὸν τιμᾶσθαι.

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Phalaridis 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/tlg0053.tlg001.local001/.