{"schemaVersion":2,"id":"tlg1411.tlg001.local001","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg1411.tlg001.local001/","urn":"urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1411.tlg001.local001","title":"Epistulae","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":"Epistulae, ed. R. Hercher, Epistolographi Graeci, Paris: Didot, 1873 (repr. Amsterdam: Hakkert, 1965): 280–283, 285–288. Cod: 1,893: Epist. *Epist. 1–3, 5–6, 8–9.","citationShort":"Epistulae, ed. R. Hercher, Epistolographi Graeci, Paris: Didot, 1873 (repr. Amsterdam: Hakkert, 1965): 280–283, 285–288."},"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":"Epistulae. Epistulae, ed. R. Hercher, Epistolographi Graeci, Paris: Didot, 1873 (repr. Amsterdam: Hakkert, 1965): 280–283, 285–288.. urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1411.tlg001.local001","excerpt":"{βασιλεὺς Δαρεῖος Ἡράκλειτον Ἐφέσιον σοφὸν ἄνδρα προσαγορεύει.} Καταβέβλησαι λόγον γραπτὸν περὶ φύσεως δυσνόη- τόν τε καὶ δυσεξήγητον. ἔν τισι μὲν οὖν ἑρμηνευό- μενος κατὰ λέξιν σὴν δοκεῖ μοι δύναμίν τινα προσφέ- ρεσθαι θεωρίας κόσμου τοῦ σύμπαντος καὶ τῶν ἀπὸ τούτου συμβαινόντων, ἅπερ ἐστὶν ἐν θειοτάτῃ κείμενα κινήσει, τῶν δὲ πλείστων ἐποχὴν ἔχειν τὰ πρὸς ζήτη- σιν καὶ μάθησιν, ὥστε καὶ τοὺς ἐπὶ πλεῖστον μετε- σχηκότας γραμμάτων ἑλληνικῶν καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους τοὺς ἀσχολουμένους περὶ τὴν τῶν μετεώρων προσοχὴν καὶ φιλομάθειαν ἀπορεῖσθαι τῆς ἐν ὀρθῇ γνώμῃ παρὰ σοὶ δοκούσης καταγεγράφθαι διηγήσεως. βασιλεὺς οὖν Δαρεῖος Ὑστάσπου βούλεται σῆς ἀκροάσεως μετα- λαβεῖν καὶ παιδείας λογικῆς. ἔρχου δὴ συντόμως πρὸς ἐμὴν ὄψιν καὶ βασίλειον οἶκον. Ἕλληνες γὰρ ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πλεῖστον ἀνεπισήμαντοι σοφιζομένοις ἀνδρά- σιν ὄντες παρορῶσι τὰ καλῶς ὑπ' αὐτῶν ἐνδεικνύμενα πρὸς καλὴν ἀγωγὴν καὶ δίαιταν, παρ' ἐμοὶ…","divisions":[{"label":"1","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg1411.tlg001.local001/#tlg1411-tlg001-local001-1"},{"label":"2","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg1411.tlg001.local001/#tlg1411-tlg001-local001-2"},{"label":"3","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg1411.tlg001.local001/#tlg1411-tlg001-local001-3"},{"label":"5","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg1411.tlg001.local001/#tlg1411-tlg001-local001-5"},{"label":"6","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg1411.tlg001.local001/#tlg1411-tlg001-local001-6"},{"label":"8","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg1411.tlg001.local001/#tlg1411-tlg001-local001-8"},{"label":"9","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg1411.tlg001.local001/#tlg1411-tlg001-local001-9"}],"formats":{"html":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg1411.tlg001.local001/","json":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/api/works/tlg1411.tlg001.local001.json","compressedReadingDocument":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg1411/tlg001/local001.json.gz"}}