# Οἰκονομικός 3.2

Xenophon, Οἰκονομικός, Chapter 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/xenophon/text-12/3.2

καὶ πάνυ γʼ, ἔφη ὁ Κριτόβουλος. τί δʼ ἂν τὸ τούτου ἀκόλουθον μετὰ τοῦτό σοι ἐπιδεικνύω, τοὺς μὲν πάνυ πολλὰ καὶ παντοῖα κεκτημένους ἔπιπλα, καὶ τούτοις, ὅταν δέωνται, μὴ ἔχοντας χρῆσθαι μηδὲ εἰδότας εἰ σῶά ἐστιν αὐτοῖς, καὶ διὰ ταῦτα πολλὰ μὲν αὐτοὺς ἀνιωμένους, πολλὰ δὲ ἀνιῶντας τοὺς οἰκέτας· τοὺς δὲ οὐδὲν πλέον ἀλλὰ καὶ μείονα τούτων κεκτημένους ἔχοντας εὐθὺς ἕτοιμα [;ὅταν]; ὧν ἂν δέωνται χρῆσθαι.

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Xenophon, Οἰκονομικός, ed. Edgar Carew Marchant. 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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