# Epistulae 11

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

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

(11) καὶ μέντοι οὐδὲ ἐκεῖνο ἀγνοῶ, ὅτι ἐνδοξότερον εἶναι καὶ περιβλέπεσθαι μᾶλλον εἰκὸς ἰδιώτου βασιλέα ὄντα. ἀλλ’ ὥσπερ οὐδὲ ἐφ’ ἵππον ἂν εἱλόμην καθίζεσθαι ἄπειρος ὢν ἱππικῆς, ἀλλ’ ἐλυσιτέλει μοι πεζῷ εἶναι, κἂν εἰ ταπεινότερος πολὺ τοῦ ἱππέως ἦν, οὕτω καὶ περὶ βασιλείας καὶ ἰδιωτείας φρονῶ, καὶ οὐκ ἂν ὑπὸ ἐπιθυμίας τῶν μειζόνων ἐξαρθεὶς ἐπιφανεστέρων ὀρεχθείην συμφορῶν. ἐοίκασι δὲ καὶ οἱ πρῶτοι μυθολογήσαντες τὰ περὶ τὸν Βελλεροφόντην τούτῳ τι παραπλήσιον αἰνίξασθαι.

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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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