# Κυνικός 13

Pseudo-Lucian, Κυνικός, Section 13. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/pseudo-lucian/text-4/13

ἢ νομίζεις τὸν Ἡρακλέα τὸν πάντων ἀνθρώπων ἄριστον, θεῖον δὲ ἄνδρα καὶ θεὸν ὀρθῶς νομισθέντα, διὰ κακοδαιμονίαν περινοστεῖν γυμνὸν δέρμα μόνον ἔχοντα καὶ μηδενὸς τῶν αὐτῶν ὑμῖν δεόμενον: ἀλλ’ οὐ κακοδαίμων ἦν ἐκεῖνος, ὃς καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἀπήμυνε τὰ κακά, οὐδ᾽ αὖ πένης, ὃς γῆς καὶ θαλάττης ἦρχεν· ἐφ’ ὅ τι γὰρ ἂν ὁρμήσειεν, ἁπανταχοῦ πάντων ἐκράτει καὶ οὐδενὶ τῶν τότε ἐνέτυχεν ὁμοίῳ οὐδὲ κρείττονι ἑαυτοῦ, μέχριπερ ἐξ ἀνθρώπων ἀπῆλθεν. ἢ σὺ δοκεῖς στρωμάτων καὶ ὑποδημάτων ἀπόρως ἔχειν καὶ διὰ τοῦτο περιιέναι τοιοῦτον; οὐκ ἔστιν εἰπεῖν, ἀλλ’ ἐγκρατὴς καὶ καρτερικὸς ἦν καὶ κρατεῖν ἤθελε καὶ τρυφᾶν οὐκ ἐβούλετο. ὁ δὲ Θησεὺς ὁ τούτου μαθητὴς οὐ βασιλεὺς μὲν ἦν πάντων Ἀθηναίων, υἱὸς δὲ Ποσειδῶνος, ὥς φασιν, ἄριστος δὲ τῶν καθ’ αὑτόν;

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Pseudo-Lucian, Κυνικός, ed. Karl Jacobitz. 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/tlg0061.tlg006.local001/.