# Epistulae Ἀντίπατρος Βασιλείῳ

Basilius, Epistulae, Ἀντίπατρος Βασιλείῳ. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/basilius-theol/epistulae/%E1%BC%88%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%AF%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%84%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82%20%CE%92%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%B9%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%AF%E1%BF%B3

Δὶς κράμβη θάνατος, ἡ βάσκανός φησι παροιμία. ἐγὼ δὲ πολλάκις αἰτήσας ἅπαξ ἀποθανοῦμαι· πάντως δὲ καὶ μὴ αἰτήσας. εἰ δὲ πάντως, μὴ κατόκνει ἐσθίειν ὄψον ἡδύ, μάτην ὑπὸ τῆς παροιμίας λοιδορηθέν.

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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/.