# Πρὸς τοὺς νέους, ὅπως ἂν ἐξ Ἑλληνικῶν ὠφελοῖντο λόγων 7.8

Basilius, Πρὸς τοὺς νέους, ὅπως ἂν ἐξ Ἑλληνικῶν ὠφελοῖντο λόγων, Chapter 7. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/basilius-theol/text/7.8

τοσούτου δεῖν ἀπαμύνασθαι. τὸ δὲ τοῦ Περικλέους ἢ τὸ Εὐκλείδου, τῷ τοὺς διώκοντας ὑπομένειν καὶ πρᾴως αὐτῶν τῆς ὀργῆς ἀνέχεσθαι, καὶ τῷ τοῖς ἐχθροῖς εὔχεσθαι τὰ ἀγαθά, ἀλλὰ μὴ ἐπαρᾶσθαι. ὡς ὅ γε ἐν τούτοις προπαιδευθεὶς οὐκ ἔτ’ ἂν ἐκείνοις ὡς ἀδυνάτοις διαπιστήσειεν.

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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/.