# Epistulae 2-16

Phalaridis Epistulae, Epistulae, ϟε′. Αὐτονόῃ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/phalaridis-epistulae/epistulae/2-16

(2) καὶ εἰ τὰ οἰκεῖα μὴ οἷά τε σωφρονίζειν αὐτόν, τοῖς ἐμοῖς παραδείγμασιν ἀνεψιαδοῦ πρὸς μητρὸς ὄντος χρήσθω, ὅτι κἀγὼ διὰ πολιτείας ἄγνοιαν ἐκπεσὼν τῆς πατρίδος οὐδὲ τύραννος ὢν ἴσχυκα κατελθεῖν. οὐδὲν δὲ τερπνὸν οὕτως ἡγοῦμαι τῆς ἀρχῆς ὡς ἀνιαρὸν τὸ φεύγειν τὴν πατρίδα. ταῦτα δ’ ὑμῖν ἐπιστέλλω μὰ τοὺς θεοὺς οὐκ ἐφ’ οἷς δέδωκα ἀλγῶν, ἀλλ’ ἐφ’ οἷς πεπόνθατε ἀνιώμενος, οὐδ’ ὅπως μὴ πάλιν ποτὲ δῶ, ἀλλ’ ἵνα ὑμεῖς μὲν εἰς μηδὲν κακὸν ἀξιώσητε λαβεῖν, ἐγὼ δ’ εἰς εὐτυχίας αἰτούμενος ὑπὸ τῶν οἰκειοτάτων καὶ προθυμότερον καὶ πολυτελέστερον χαρίζωμαι.

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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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