# Epistulae 11-2

Socrates Epistulae, Epistulae, ϛ′.> Σωκράτους.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/socrates-epistulae/epistulae/11-2

(11) οὔκουν δύνανται, οὐδ’ εἰ βούλοιντο, κακῶς πράττοντα αὐτὸν παρεξιέναι, ὥσπερ οὐδὲ τοὺς κατὰ γένος προσήκοντας ὑπερορᾶν οἷοί τέ ἐσμεν. τὸ γὰρ ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ συγγενὲς ἅτε ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ πατρὸς ἀδελφὸν γεγενημένον ἀναγκάζει σφᾶς βοηθεῖν τῷ τοῦ τετελευτηκότος υἱεῖ, ὑπομιμνῆσκον τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ τὴν ἐκείνου ὀλιγωρίαν σφετέραν ἀτιμίαν τιθέμενον. ὅρα οὖν, εἴ σοι δόξω ἔτι ἢ τἀμαυτοῦ κακῶς οἰκονομεῖν ἢ τῶν παιδίων ὅπως μηδὲν ὑστερήσωσι τῶν ἀναγκαίων ἐμοῦ τελευτήσαντος ὀλιγωρεῖν, ὃς οὐδὲ χρήματα αὐτοῖς ἀλλὰ τοὺς τῶν χρημάτων καὶ αὐτῶν ἐκείνων ἐπιμελησομένους καταλείπω.

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Socrates 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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