# Epistulae 5

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/socrates-epistulae/epistulae/5

(5) ὥστε μήτε τιμωμένους αὐτοὺς χαίρειν (οὐ γὰρ ἐφ’ ἑαυτοῖς τιμῶνται), ἀτιμαζομένους τε πολὺ μᾶλλον ἄχθεσθαι, τὸ γὰρ ἀτιμαζόμενον καὶ δι’ ὃ παρορῶνται αὐτοί εἰσι. πρῶτον μὲν οὖν οὐκ ὀρθῶς ὑπέλαβες, εἰ Σωκράτην οἴει τι ἀργυρίου ποιήσειν, ὃ μὴ καὶ προῖκα αὐτῷ καλῶς εἶχε πρᾶξαι· καὶ πρὸς τούτῳ ἐκεῖνο οὐκ ἐλογίσω, ὅτι ἐνταῦθά με πολλὰ κατέχει, καὶ τὸ μέγιστον αἱ τῆς πατρίδος χρεῖαι. καὶ μὴ θαυμάσῃς, εἰ καὶ τῇ πατρίδι χρείας τινάς φαμεν ἐκτελεῖν, ὅτι οὔτε ἐν στρατηγίαις οὔτε ἐπὶ τοῦ βήματος ἐξετάζομαι.

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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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