# Πρὸς τοὺς νέους, ὅπως ἂν ἐξ Ἑλληνικῶν ὠφελοῖντο λόγων 5.7-8

Basilius, Πρὸς τοὺς νέους, ὅπως ἂν ἐξ Ἑλληνικῶν ὠφελοῖντο λόγων, 5.7 to 5.8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/basilius-theol/text/5.7

ἔπειτα μέντοι καὶ τοῖς λοιποῖς Φαίαξι τοσούτου ἄξιον νομισθῆναι, ὥστε ἀφέντας τὴν τρυφὴν ᾗ συνέζων, ἐκεῖνον ἀποβλέπειν καὶ ζηλοῦν ἅπαντας καὶ μηδένα Φαιάκων ἐν τῷ τότε εἶναι ἄλλο τι ἂν εὔξασθαι μᾶλλον ἢ Ὀδυσσέα γενέσθαι, καὶ ταῦτα ἐκ ναυαγίου περισῳθέντα. ἐν τούτοις γὰρ ἔλεγεν ὁ τοῦ ποιητοῦ τῆς διανοίας ἐξηγητὴς μόνον οὐχὶ βοῶντα λέγειν τὸν Ὅμηρον· ὅτι ἀρετῆς ὑμῖν ἐπιμελητέον, ὦ ἄνθρωποι, ἣ καὶ ναυαγήσαντι συνεκνήχεται καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς χέρσου γενόμενον γυμνὸν τιμιώτερον ἀποδείξει τῶν εὐδαιμόνων Φαιάκων.

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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/.