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title: On Learning and Suffering
title_greek: Ἀπόσπασμα
author: Sotades of Maroneia Elder
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period: Hellenistic
dialect: "Ionic (ia, frg)"
domain: Comedy
format: Verse
license: CC0-1.0
---

# On Learning and Suffering

*Ἀπόσπασμα*

**Author:** Sotades of Maroneia Elder

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## Text

### unit_1.1

[ln_1]εἰ μετὰ τὸ μαθεῖν οὐκ ἦν

### unit_1.2

παθεῖν, ἃ δεῖ παθεῖν, δεῖ γὰρ μαθεῖν· εἰ δεῖ παθεῖν με, κἂν μάθω, τί δεῖ μαθεῖν; οὐ δεῖ μαθεῖν ἄρ’ ἃ δεῖ παθεῖν· δεῖ γὰρ

### unit_1.3

παθεῖν.

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