# Epistulae Εὐλαγκίῳ.

Basilius, Epistulae, Εὐλαγκίῳ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/basilius-theol/epistulae/%CE%95%E1%BD%90%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%BA%CE%AF%E1%BF%B3.

Μακρὸν ἀπεσιώπησας χρόνον, καὶ ταῦτα λαλίστατος ὤν, καὶ μελέτην τοῦτο καὶ τέχνην ποιησάμενος ἀεί τι λαλεῖν καὶ σεαυτὸν δεικνύναι διὰ τῶν λόγων. ἀλλʼ ἔοικεν ἡ Νεοκαισάρεια αἰτία εἶναί σοι τῆς πρὸς ἡμᾶς σιωπῆς. καὶ ἐοίκαμεν ἀντὶ χάριτος δέχεσθαι τὸ μὴ μνημονεύεσθαι παρὰ τοῖς αὐτοῦ· ἐπειδὴ ἡμῖν ἡ μνήμη οὐκ ἀγαθή ἐστιν, ὡς ὁ τῶν ἀκουόντων λόγος. ἀλλὰ σὺ πάλαι τῶν μισουμένων ἦσθα δι’ ἡμᾶς, οὐ τῶν δι’ ἑτέρους ἡμᾶς μισεῖν ἀνεχομένων. ὁ αὐτὸς τοίνυν ἔσο, καὶ ἐπιστέλλων οὗπερ ἂν ᾖς, καὶ μεμνημένος ἡμῶν τὰ εἰκότα, εἴ τί σοι μέλει τοῦ δικαίου. δίκαιον δήπου τῆς ἀγάπης τοῖς ἴσοις ἀμείβεσθαι τοὺς ὑπάρξαντας.

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Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, Epistulae, ed. Roy J. Deferrari. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg2040.tlg004.local001/.