# Fragmentum 1

Sotades, Fragmentum, Fragment 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sotades-comic/fragmentum/1

εἰ μετὰ τὸ μαθεῖν
οὐκ ἦν παθεῖν, ἃ δεῖ παθεῖν, δεῖ γὰρ μαθεῖν·
εἰ δεῖ παθεῖν με, κἂν μάθω, τί δεῖ μαθεῖν;
οὐ δεῖ μαθεῖν ἄρ' ἃ δεῖ παθεῖν· δεῖ γὰρ παθεῖν.

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Sotades Comic., Fragmentum. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0505.tlg003.local001/.