# Epistulae Λιβάνιος Βασιλείῳ-10

Basilius, Epistulae, Λιβάνιος Βασιλείῳ. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/basilius-theol/epistulae/%CE%9B%CE%B9%CE%B2%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82%20%CE%92%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%B9%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%AF%E1%BF%B3-10

Ἰδοὺ πέπομφα τὸν λόγον, ἱδρῶτι περιρρεόμενος. πῶς γὰρ οὐκ ἔμελλον, ἀνδρὶ τοιούτῳ πέμπων τὸν λόγον, ὃς ἱκανός ἐστι τὴν Πλάτωνος σοφίαν καὶ Δημοσθένους δεινότητα τῇ περὶ τοὺς λόγους εὐμαθείᾳ δεῖξαι θρυλλουμένας μάτην, τὸ δὲ ἐμὸν τοιοῦτον, οἷον κώνωψ ἐλέφαντι παραβαλλόμενος; ὅθεν πέφρικα καὶ τρέμω, τὴν ἡμέραν λογιζόμενος, καθʼ ἣν ἐπισκέψῃ τοὺς λόγους· μικροῦ δὲ καὶ τῶν φρενῶν ἐκπέπτωκα.

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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/.