# Epistulae 3-14

Phalaridis Epistulae, Epistulae, ρμδ′. Νικοκλει.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/phalaridis-epistulae/epistulae/3-14

(3) ὁρᾷς ἐμὲ τὸν μόναρχον, ὃν πάντες ἄνθρωποι βιαιότατον ἀποφαίνονται; ταύτης, οὐδ’ ἄν με δεινότερον κηρύξωσιν οἱ νῦν ὄντες, οὐκ ἂν περιγενοίμην· οὐδὲν γὰρ τῶν παρ’ ἡμῖν χαλεπῶν ὑποστήσεται, ἀλλ’ ἄπιμεν, ὅταν ἔνι τὸ χρεὼν τελευτῆσαι. εἴθε δ’ ἐπὶ τοιούτῳ ἐτύχομεν μοναρχίας, οὐχ ὅπως ἑαυτῶν ἀπωσώμεθα τοὺς μόρους (ἡμᾶς μὲν γὰρ ἴσως καὶ πρὸ μοίρας ἀξίους φαίη τις ἂν εἶναι ἀπολέσθαι, καὶ πρὸς ταύτην τὴν ἀξίωσιν οὐδ’ αὐτοὶ ἐναντιούμεθα), ἀλλ’ ἵνα τῶν ἐπιεικεστάτων καὶ ὡς ἐπὶ μήκιστον ἀξίων ζῆν ἐπέχωμεν τὰ τέλη.

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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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