---
title: On Learning and Suffering
title_greek: Ἀπόσπασμα
author: Sotades of Maroneia Elder
eul_wid: iti-ac
eul_aid: iti
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/sotades-maroneia-learning-suffering-iti-ac"
period: Hellenistic
dialect: "Ionic (ia, frg)"
domain: Comedy
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# On Learning and Suffering

*Ἀπόσπασμα*

**Author:** Sotades of Maroneia Elder

**eul_wid:** `iti-ac` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/sotades-maroneia-learning-suffering-iti-ac)

## 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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