# Epistulae 7-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/socrates-epistulae/epistulae/7-2

(7) καίτοιγε ὁ νόμος μέχρι ἥβης κελεύει παῖδα ἐκτρέφεσθαι ὑπὸ γονέων. ὑμεῖς δ’, ἴσως εἴποι τις ἂν ἀνὴρ πολιτικὸς ἀγανακτῶν πρὸς τοὺς ἑαυτοῦ υἱεῖς κληρονομεῖν ἐπιθυμοῦντας, οὐδὲ τελευτῶντος ἀφέξεσθαί μου διανοεῖσθε, ἀλλὰ καὶ τελευτῶντα τροφὰς οἱ ζῶντες αἰτήσετε καὶ οὐκ αἰσχυνεῖσθε θανάτου ζωὴν ἀπρακτοτέραν βιοῦντες; ἀλλὰ τὰ μὲν ἐμὰ περιττεύειν καὶ μετὰ θάνατον ἀξιοῦτε ἑτέροις, τὰ δ’ ὑμέτερα ὑμῖν οὐδ’ εἰς τὸ ζῆν ἐξαρκέσει.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0636.tlg001.local001/.