# Epistulae 1-8

Socraticorum Epistulae, Epistulae, ιε′. Ξενοφῶν τοῖς Σωκράτους ἑταίροις.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/socraticorum-epistulae/epistulae/1-8

Καὶ οἱ περὶ Γρύλλον τὸν υἱέα μου ἐποίουν ὅπερ ἦν εἰκὸς αὐτοὺς ποιεῖν, καὶ ὑμεῖς δὲ εὖ πράττετε γράψαντες ἡμῖν τὰ περὶ Σωκράτους. δεῖ μέντοι γε ἡμᾶς ἄνδρας ἀγαθοὺς γίνεσθαι κἀκεῖνον μὲν ἐπαινεῖν ὧν ἐβίωσε σωφρόνως καὶ ὁσίως καὶ εὐσεβῶς, αἰτιᾶσθαι δὲ καὶ ψέγειν τὴν τύχην καὶ τοὺς ἐπισυστάντας αὐτῷ, οἳ οὐκ εἰς μακρὰν τίσουσι δίκην. δεινὸν δὲ ποιοῦνται καὶ Λακεδαιμόνιοι (τὸ γὰρ πάθος ἤδη ἄχρι καὶ δεῦρο διῖκται) καὶ κακίζουσι τὸν δῆμον ἡμῶν, λέγοντες ὡς πάλιν ἀφραίνει, ἐπεὶ τὸν σοφώτατον καὶ παρὰ τῆς Πυθίας μαρτυρηθέντα σωφρονέστατον ἐπείσθησαν ἀποκτιννύναι .

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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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