# Πρὸς τοὺς νέους, ὅπως ἂν ἐξ Ἑλληνικῶν ὠφελοῖντο λόγων 6.3

Basilius, Πρὸς τοὺς νέους, ὅπως ἂν ἐξ Ἑλληνικῶν ὠφελοῖντο λόγων, Chapter 6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/basilius-theol/text/6.3

ἐπεὶ τό γε λαμπρῶς μὲν ἐπαινέσαι τὴν ἀρετὴν εἰς τὸ μέσον καὶ μακροὺς ὑπὲρ αὐτῆς ἀποτείνειν λόγους, ἰδίᾳ δὲ τὸ ἡδὺ πρὸ τῆς σωφροσύνης καὶ τὸ πλέον ἔχειν πρὸ τοῦ δικαίου τιμᾶν, ἐοικέναι φαίην ἂν ἔγωγε τοῖς ἐπὶ σκηνῆς ὑποκρινομένοις τὰ δράματα, οἳ ὡς βασιλεῖς καὶ δυνάσται πολλάκις εἰσέρχονται, οὔτε βασιλεῖς ὄντες οὔτε δυνάσται, οὐδὲ μὲν οὖν τυχὸν ἐλεύθεροι τὸ παράπαν.

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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/.