# Epistulae 8

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/socrates-epistulae/epistulae/8

(8) πολλὰ δὲ πολλοῖς καὶ τῶν ἄλλων εἴρηται ποιητῶν περὶ θεῶν, καὶ ὅτι τὰ μὲν κατὰ τὴν τούτων βούλησιν πραττόμενα ἐπὶ τὸ λῷον ἐκβαίνει, τὰ δὲ παρὰ θεὸν ἀλυσιτελῆ ὑπάρχει τοῖς πράξασιν. ὁρῶ δὲ καὶ τῶν πόλεων τῶν Ἑλληνίδων τὰς φρονιμωτάτας συμβούλῳ χρωμένας τῷ ἐν Δελφοῖς θεῷ, καὶ ὅσαι μὲν ἂν τούτῳ πειθόμεναι πράττωσι, πρὸς ὠφέλειαν αὑταῖς γιγνομένας, ὅσαι δ’ ἂν ἀπειθήσωσιν, ὡς τὸ πολὺ βλαπτομένας. οὐ θαυμάσαιμι δ’ ἄν, εἴ μοι περὶ τοῦ δαιμονίου ἀπιστήσειας λέγοντι· ἤδη γὰρ πρός με καὶ ἄλλοι οὕτω διετέθησαν οὐκ ὀλίγοι.

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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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