# Epistulae 1-14

Socraticorum Epistulae, Epistulae, κα′. Ξενοφῶν Ξανθίππῃ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/socraticorum-epistulae/epistulae/1-14

Εὔφρονι τῷ Μεγαρεῖ ἔδωκα ἀλφίτων χοίνικας ἓξ καὶ δραχμὰς ὀκτὼ καὶ ἐξωμίδα καινήν, τὸ χεῖμά σοι διαγαγεῖν. ταῦτα οὖν λάβε καὶ ἴσθι Εὐκλείδην καὶ Τερψίωνα πάνυ καλώ τε κἀγαθὼ ἄνδρε καὶ σοί τε καὶ Σωκράτει εὔνω. ἡνίκα δ’ ἂν οἱ παῖδες ἐθέλοιεν παρ’ ἡμᾶς ἰέναι, μὴ κώλυε· οὐ γὰρ πόρρω ἐστὶν ἰέναι εἰς Μέγαρα. τῶν δὲ πολλῶν σοι δακρύων, ὦ ’γαθή, ἅλις· ὀνήσει γὰρ οὐδέν, σχεδὸν δέ τι καὶ βλάψει. ἀναμιμνήσκου γὰρ ὧν ἔλεγε Σωκράτης, καὶ τοῖς ἤθεσιν αὐτοῦ καὶ τοῖς λόγοις πειρῶ ἀκολουθεῖν, ἐπεὶ λυπουμένη παρ’ ἕκαστα καὶ σεαυτὴν ἀδικήσεις ὅτι μάλιστα καὶ τοὺς παῖδας.

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Socraticorum 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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