# Πρὸς τοὺς νέους, ὅπως ἂν ἐξ Ἑλληνικῶν ὠφελοῖντο λόγων 5.12

Basilius, Πρὸς τοὺς νέους, ὅπως ἂν ἐξ Ἑλληνικῶν ὠφελοῖντο λόγων, Chapter 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/basilius-theol/text/5.12

ἔχει δὲ οὕτω πως ὁ λόγος αὐτῷ, ὅσα ἐγὼ τοῦ ἀνδρὸς τῆς διανοίας μέμνημαι, ἐπεὶ τά γε ῥήματα οὐκ ἐπίσταμαι, πλήν γε δὴ ὅτι ἁπλῶς οὕτως εἴρηκεν ἄνευ μέτρου, ὅτι νέῳ ὄντι τῷ Ἡρακλεῖ κομιδῇ καὶ σχεδὸν ταύτην ἄγοντι τὴν ἡλικίαν, ἣν καὶ ὑμεῖς νῦν, βουλευομένῳ ποτέραν τράπηται τῶν ὁδῶν, τὴν διὰ τῶν πόνων ἄγουσαν πρὸς ἀρετὴν ἢ τὴν ῥᾴστην, προσελθεῖν δύο γυναῖκας, ταύτας δὲ εἶναι Ἀρετὴν καὶ Κακίαν·

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Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, Πρὸς τοὺς νέους, ὅπως ἂν ἐξ Ἑλληνικῶν ὠφελοῖντο λόγων, 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.tlg002.local001/.