{"schemaVersion":2,"id":"tlg0509.tlg001.local002","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0509.tlg001.local002/","urn":"urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0509.tlg001.local002","title":"Epistula ad Phyllidem","titleGreek":null,"alternateTitles":[],"author":"Anonymous","authorityName":null,"authorUrl":null,"authorityUrl":null,"editors":[],"publication":{"digitalPublisher":"Corpus local","sourceTitle":null,"edition":null,"publisher":null,"place":null,"date":null,"volume":null,"series":null,"citation":"Epistula ad Phyllidem, ed. H. Thesleff, The Pythagorean texts of the Hellenistic period, Åbo: Åbo Akademi, 1965: 123–124. Q: 297: Epist., Phil.","citationShort":"Epistula ad Phyllidem, ed. H. Thesleff, The Pythagorean texts of the Hellenistic period, Åbo: Åbo Akademi, 1965: 123–124."},"rights":{"text":"Document TEI P5 local en UTF-8.","url":null},"provenance":{"authority":null,"sponsors":[],"funders":[],"principal":null,"responsibilities":[]},"corpus":{"version":"2.2.0","date":"2026-08-29"},"revisionDate":"2026-08-29","sourceUrl":"https://maximus.tlg.uci.edu/canon.php","sourceLinkType":"catalogue","sourceRights":null,"citation":"Epistula ad Phyllidem. Epistula ad Phyllidem, ed. H. Thesleff, The Pythagorean texts of the Hellenistic period, Åbo: Åbo Akademi, 1965: 123–124.. urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0509.tlg001.local002","excerpt":"{Letter to Phyllis} Hercher, Epistologr. Gr. p. 608. Μυῖα φύλλιδι χαίρειν. Γενομένᾳ τοι ματέρι παίδων τάδε παραινέω. τίτθαν μὲν ἐκλέξασθαι τὰν ἐπιτα- δειοτάταν καὶ καθάριον, ἔτι δὲ αἰδήμονα καὶ μὴ ὕπνῳ προσοικειουμέναν μηδὲ μὴν μέθᾳ. ἁ τοιάδε γὰρ ἂν κρίνοιτο κρατίστα ποττὸ ἐκτρέφειν ἐλευθέρως παῖδας, ἐάν γε δὴ γάλα τρόφιμον ἔχῃ καὶ μὴ ταῖς πρὸς ἄνδρα κοίταις εὐνίκατος πέλῃ. μεγάλα γὰρ μερὶς ἐν τῷδε καὶ πρώτα καὶ προκαταρκτικωτέρα ἐς ὅλαν τὰν βιοτὰν πέλει ἐν τᾷ τρεφοίσᾳ ποττὸ καλῶς τραφῆμεν· ποιήσει γὰρ πάντα καλὰ ἐν τῷ ποτεοικότι καιρῷ. τὸν τιτθόν τε καὶ μαζὸν καὶ τροφὰν δόμεν μὴ καττὸ ἐπενθόν, ἀλλὰ μετά τινος προνοίας· οὕτως γὰρ ἐς ὑγίειαν ἄξει τὸ βρέφος. μὴ ὅτε αὐτὰ θέλοι καθεῦδεν νικῆται, ἀλλ' ὁπότε ἂν τὸ νεογνὸν ἀναπαύσιος ἔρον ἔχοι· οὐ μικκὸν γὰρ ἄκος τῷ παιδὶ προσοίσει. ἔστω δὲ μήτ' ὀργίλα τιθάνα μήτε πρόγλωσσος μήτε ἐν ταῖς τῶν σιτίων λήψεσιν ἀδιάφορος, ἀλλὰ τεταγμένα καὶ…","divisions":[{"label":"123","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0509.tlg001.local002/#tlg0509-tlg001-local002-123"},{"label":"124","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0509.tlg001.local002/#tlg0509-tlg001-local002-124"}],"formats":{"html":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0509.tlg001.local002/","json":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/api/works/tlg0509.tlg001.local002.json","compressedReadingDocument":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0509/tlg001/local002.json.gz"}}