# Epistulae 3-5

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/socraticorum-epistulae/epistulae/3-5

(3) Ἀπολλόδωρος ὁ μαλακὸς ἐπικαλούμενος καὶ Δίων ἐπαινοῦσί σε, διότι παρ’ οὐδενὸς οὐδὲν λαμβάνεις, φῂς δὲ πλουτεῖν. καὶ εὖ ποιεῖς· εἰς ὅσον γὰρ ἐγώ τε καὶ οἱ ἄλλοι φίλοι ἰσχύομεν ἐπικουρεῖν σοι, δεήσει οὐδενός. θάρρει οὖν, ὦ Ξανθίππη, καὶ μηδὲν καταβάλῃς τῶν Σωκράτους καλῶν, εἰδυῖα ὡς μέγα τι ἡμῖν ἐγένετο οὗτος ὁ ἄνθρωπος, καὶ ἐπινόει αὐτὸν ὁποῖα ἔζησε καὶ ὁποῖα ἐτελεύτησεν. ἐγὼ μὲν γὰρ οἶμαι καὶ τὸν θάνατον αὐτοῦ μέγαν τε καὶ καλὸν γεγονέναι, εἰ δή τις, καθὸ χρὴ σκοπεῖν, σκοποίη. ἔρρωσο.

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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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