# Epistulae Λιβάνιος Βασιλείῳ-4

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%B3-4

Οὔπω μοι τῆς λύπης ὑφῆκας, ὥστε με μεταξὺ γράφοντα τρέμειν. ἀλλʼ εἰ μὲν ἀφῆκας, τί οὐκ ἐπιστέλλεις, ὦ ἄριστε; εἰ δὲ ἔτι κατέχεις, ὃ πάσης λογίας ψυχῆς καὶ τῆς σῆς ἐστιν ἀλλότριον, πῶς ἄλλοις κηρύττων μὴ χρῆναι μέχρι δυσμῶν ἡλίου λύπην φυλάττειν, αὐτὸς ἐν πολλοῖς ἡλίοις ἐφύλαξας; ἢ τάχα ζημιῶσαί με προείλου τῆς μελιχρᾶς σου φωνῆς ἀποστερῶν; μὴ σύ γε, ὦ γενναῖε, ἀλλὰ γενοῦ πρᾶος, καὶ δὸς ἀπολαῦσαι τῆς παγχρύσου σου γλώττης.

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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/.