# Epistulae 2-31

Phalaridis Epistulae, Epistulae, ρμζ′. Τῷ αὐτῷ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/phalaridis-epistulae/epistulae/2-31

(2) σὺ μὲν γὰρ ἴσως ἐπῶν κόσμῳ θεοειδεστάτῳ τὸ τυραννοκτονεῖν ἐπαινεῖς (καὶ οὐκ ἀποτρέπομεν ἔι τις θαυμάσει τὸν λόγον), ἀλλ’ οὐ τὸ Φάλαριν· ἀνδροφονεῖν γάρ ἐστι τὸ τοιοῦτον, ἀλλ’ οὐ τυραννοκτονεῖν. οὐ γὰρ οἶσθα ἄρχομαι πείρᾳ μαθών. οὐδὲ Δρωπίδας οὐδ’ ἄλλος ἐπιεικὴς ἀνὴρ οὐδὲ εἷς, ἀλλ’ οὐδὲ ὁ σωτὴρ ἐν ἡμῖν Ζεὺς ἐνέμεινεν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ καρτερός. Εὐβούλου καὶ Ἀριστοφῶντος δυοῖν ἀδίκοιν εἷς δίκαιος ἐγενόμην, τὸν τύραννόν με περιεσώσατο, Κόνων δ’ ὁ καταπορνευθεὶς καὶ Θεαγόρας ὁ τοὺς ὀλέθρους ἡμῖν μηχανησάμενος καὶ Ἀντιμήδης καὶ Περικλῆς καὶ ὅσοι δὴ τούτοις παραπλήσιοι ἀνῃρέθησαν ὑπ’ ἐμοῦ τῷ δικαιοτάτῳ τῆς ἀμύνῃς νόμῳ, οὕς, εἰ μὴ τοσαύτης ἐξουσίας εἰχόμην, ἀποθανεῖν ἂν εἱλόμην ἀντιτιμωρησάμενος.

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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/.