# Epistulae 5

Socraticorum Epistulae, Epistulae, ιδ′. Αἰσχίνης Ξενοφῶντι.. Ancient Greek.

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

(5) εἰ μέντοιγε ποιήσας καὶ εἰπὼν ἀνάξια ἑαυτοῦ καὶ φιλοσοφίας ἀπολυθείη, ἀνδραπόδου βίον ἔφη βιώσειν ἐπαράτου, ἄλλως τε καὶ γῆρας αὐτῷ ἔφη ὑποκεῖσθαι καὶ τὸ ζῆν μὴ κρεῖττον αὐτῷ ἔσεσθαι τὸ ἔπειτα, ἀλλὰ κάκιον. κἂν εἰ ἀπολυθείη, οὔτε κρεῖττον ἰδεῖν ἢ ἀκοῦσαι ἔτι δύναιτο, ὥστε κατὰ θεὸν αὐτῷ ἐδόκει ἤδη παρεῖναι ὁ θάνατος, καὶ καταψηφισθεὶς γελῶν ἐξῄει καὶ τὸν χρόνον τὸν ἐν τῷ δεσμωτηρίῳ μᾶλλον ἥδετο ἡμῖν διαλεγόμενος ἢ ὁπότε οὐδέπω αὐτὸν ἐγέγραπτο Μέλητος, οὐδὲ ἐνεπεπτώκει εἰς τὸ δεσμωτήριον . ἔλεγε δὲ διότι τὸ οἴκημα, ἔνθα ἦν, καὶ τοὺς δεσμοὺς ἀναγκάζειν αὐτὸν φιλοσοφεῖν· ἀεὶ μὲν γάρ τοι πρός τινων ἔφασκεν ἐν ἀγορᾷ περιειλκόμην.

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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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