# Fragmenta 8

Stesimbrotus Thasius, Fragmenta, Dfhg-Source dfhg2_STESIMBROTUS_THASIUS. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/stesimbrotus-thasius/fragmenta/8

Ὁ δὲ Στησίμβροτος φησὶν ὅτι τοὺς ἐν Σάμῳ τεθνηκότας ἐγκωμιάζων ἐπὶ τοῦ βήματος ἀθανάτους ἔλεγε γεγονέναι καθάπερ τοὺς θεούς· οὐ γὰρ ἐκείνους αὐτοὺς ὁρῶμεν, ἀλλὰ ταῖς τιμαῖς, ἃς ἔχουσι, καὶ τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς, ἃ παρέχουσιν, ἀθανάτους εἶναι τεκμαιρόμεθα· ταῦτ ̓ οὖν ὑπάρχειν καὶ τοῖς ὑπὲρ τῆς πατρίδος ἀποθανοῦσιν.

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STESIMBROTUS THASIUS, Fragmenta. 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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