# Epistulae 1-120

Phalaridis Epistulae, Epistulae, ρκ′. Ἀξιόχῳ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/phalaridis-epistulae/epistulae/1-120

Σεμνύνεσθαι μέν, ὥσπερ καὶ ἐπ’ ἄλλῳ τινὶ τῶν καλῶν, ἐπ’ εὐγενείᾳ εἰκός ἐστιν, ἐγὼ δὲ μίαν εὐγένειαν ἀρετὴν οἶδα, τὰ δ’ ἄλλα πάντα τύχην. καὶ γένοιτ’ ἂν ὁ μὲν ἐκ φαύλων ἀγαθὸς καὶ βασιλέων ἀπάντων εὐγενέστερος, ὁ δ’ ἐξ ἀγαθῶν φαῦλος αὐτός τε ἑαυτοῦ καὶ τῶν ταπεινοτάτων δυσγενέστερος. ὥστε ψυχῆς ἔπαινον αὔχει πρὸς Συρακουσίους, μὴ προγὀνων τεθνηκυῖαν εἰς ἀδοξοτέρους διαδόχους εὐγένειαν.

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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.
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