# Epistulae 2-30

Phalaridis Epistulae, Epistulae, ρμϛ′. Στησιχόρῳ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/phalaridis-epistulae/epistulae/2-30

(2) καίτοι καλόν γε, κἂν εὐροῇ τις καὶ κατ’ οὖρον φέρηται παρὰ τῆς τύχης, μὴ πάντα ποιεῖν αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τῇ τύχῃ. καὶ γὰρ σὺ νῦν αὐτὸς οὔτε τύραννο; Ἱμεραίων οὔτε ἐχθρὸς πᾶσιν, ὥσπερ ἡμεῖς, ἀλλ’ ἐν πολίταις καὶ φίλοις, ὡς ἐνόμιζες αὐτός, δι’ οὓς ἐχθροὺς ἔσχες ἡμᾶς, κἀγὼ μὲν οὐκ ἂν τυραννήσας, παρόν μοι νῦν αὐτῶν διὰ σὲ καὶ σοῦ στοχαζόμενος, ἀλλ’ ὅμως λόγισαι κατανοήσας, πόσα ἄττα πέπονθας ὑπ’ αὐτῶν. εἰ δὲ βούλει, τὸν ὑπὸ τῶν πολιτῶν ἀγαθὰ μὲν πλεῖστα πεπονθότα, κακὸν δὲ μηδέν, μηδὲ μὴν ἀχαριστηθέντα, καθάπερ σύ, σκέψαι καὶ μάθοις ἄν, ὡς ἀνὴρ ἐκεῖνος, ὅστις τῶν κοινῶν ἀφέμενος τῶν ἰδίων προέστηκε καὶ ὃς οὐκ ἄλλο τι οἴεται τὸ ἑαυτοῦ πράσσειν ἀλλ’ ἢ σκοπεῖν ὅπως μάλιστα ἠσθήσεται.

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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/.