# Epistulae Ἀντιπάτρῳ ἡγεμόνι

Basilius, Epistulae, Ἀντιπάτρῳ ἡγεμόνι. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/basilius-theol/epistulae/%E1%BC%88%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B9%CF%80%CE%AC%CF%84%CF%81%E1%BF%B3%20%E1%BC%A1%CE%B3%CE%B5%CE%BC%CF%8C%CE%BD%CE%B9

Ὡς καλὴ ἡ φιλοσοφία, τά τε ἄλλα, καὶ ὅτι οὐδὲ ἰατρεύεσθαι πολυτελῶς τοῖς τροφίμοις αὐτῆς ἐπιτρέπει· ἀλλὰ τὸ αὐτὸ καὶ ὄψον ἐστὶ παρʼ αὐτῇ καὶ πρὸς ὑγίειαν ἀρκεῖ. τὰς γάρ τοι ὀρέξεις ἀποκαμούσας, ὡς ἐπυθόμην, κράμβαις ἐν ὄξει ταριχευθείσαις ἀνεκαλέσω· ἃς ἐγὼ πρότερον μὲν ἐδυσχέραινον καὶ διὰ τὴν παροιμίαν, καὶ ὅτι ὑπόμνημα ἦσαν τῆς συντρόφου πενίας. Νῦν δέ μοι δοκῶ καὶ ἐμαυτὸν μεταπείσειν, καὶ τῆς παροιμίας καταγελάσεσθαι, ὁρῶν αὐτὴν οὕτως ἀγαθὴν κουροτρόφον, ἣ τὸν ἄρχοντα ἡμῶν εἰς ἀκμὴν ἐπανήγαγε. καὶ οὐδὲν εἶναι τοῦ λοιποῦ κατʼ αὐτὴν ἡγήσομαι, οὐχ ὅπως τὸν Ὁμηρικὸν λωτόν, ἀλλʼ οὐδὲ τὴν ἀμβροσίαν ἐκείνην, ἥτις ποτʼ ἄρα ἦν, ἡ τοὺς Ὀλυμπίους χορτάζουσα.

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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/.