# Πρὸς τοὺς νέους, ὅπως ἂν ἐξ Ἑλληνικῶν ὠφελοῖντο λόγων 5.6

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/5.6

Ὡς δ’ ἐγώ τινος ἤκουσα δεινοῦ καταμαθεῖν ἀνδρὸς ποιητοῦ διάνοιαν, πᾶσα μὲν ἡ ποίησις τῷ Ὁμήρῳ ἀρετῆς ἐστιν ἔπαινος, καὶ πάντα αὐτῷ πρὸς τοῦτο φέρει, ὅ τι μὴ πάρεργον, οὐχ ἥκιστα δὲ ἐν οἷς τὸν στρατηγὸν τῶν Κεφαλλήνων πεποίηκε γυμνὸν ἐκ τοῦ ναυαγίου περισῳθέντα, πρῶτον μὲν αἰδέσαι τὴν βασιλίδα φανέντα μόνον· τοσούτου δεῖν αἰσχύνην ὀφλῆσαι γυμνὸν ὀφθέντα μόνον, ἐπειδήπερ αὐτὸν ἀρετῇ ἀντὶ ἱματίων κεκοσμημένον ἐποίησε·

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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/.