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ἤλγει τὸν ὦμον Διογένης ἢ τρωθεὶς οἶμαι ἢ ἐξ ἄλλης τινὸς αἰτίας. ἐπεὶ δὲ ἐδόκει σφόδρα ἀλγεῖν, τῶν τις ἀχθομένων αὐτῷ κατεκερτόμει λέγων ῾τί οὖν οὐκ ἀποθνήσκεις, ὦ Διόγενες, καὶ σαυτὸν ἀπαλλάττεις κακῶν;᾿ ὃ δὲ εἶπε ῾τοὺς εἰδότας ἃ δεῖ πράττειν ἐν τῷ βίῳ καὶ ἃ δεῖ λέγειν, τούτους γε ζῆν προσήκει,᾿ ὧν καὶ αὐτὸς ὡμολόγει εἶναι. ῾σοὶ μὲν οὖν᾽ ἔφη ῾οὐκ εἰδότι τά τε λεκτέα καὶ τὰ πρακτέα ἀποθανεῖν ἐν καλῷ ἐστιν: ἐμὲ δὲ τὸν ἐπιστήμονα ἐκείνων πρέπει ζῆν.
Claudii Aeliani de natura animalium libri xvii, varia historia, epistolae, fragmenta, Vol 2. Aelian. Rudolf Hercher. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1866. Keyboarding.
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