# P.Herc. 1251 18

Philodemus, P.Herc. 1251, Column 18. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philodemus/p-herc-1251/18

δε σακ ωκα ς ὅτι ενυκολ ἐπιφωνοῦντες· ἦ γὰρ μὴ εὐσχημόνως ζῶ καὶ δικαίως; ἢ μὴ πρὸς τῶν νόμων τῶν ἀνθρώπων; τυχὼν δὴ τελευτῆς ἀθάνατος ἔσομαι. καὶ πρὸς ἅπαντα δι' ὧν ἄ μεινον βιώσονται παρεγλύονται, καθάπερ οἱ κατακεκριμένοι θανάτου· καὶ δὴ καὶ τῶν πρὸς ὑγίειαν ὀλιγωροῦσιν, ἐγὼ πόσα δὲ ὑπομενῶ προστιθέντες, εἰ τρυφήσω τρεῖς ὥρας; καὶ πάσας νόσους ἐκτεθνήκασι· καὶ διὰ τὴν ὁπόταν ἀποθάνωσιν αἰωνίων κακῶν προβολὴν συνέχονται ταραχαῖς ἀμετρήτοις, πονηρὰ δὲ καὶ διὰ ταῦτα ποδι ειςεε βληδι

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Philodemus, P.Herc. 1251. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY 3.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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