# Constantini imperatoris oratio ad coetum sanctorum 8.2

Eusebius, Constantini imperatoris oratio ad coetum sanctorum, Chapter 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/eusebius-scr-eccl-et-theol/constantini-imperatoris-oratio-ad-coetum-sanctorum/8.2

εἰ γὰρ καὶ τῶν πρὸς κόσμον πεποινημένων ἡ αὐτὴ ἀφθονία συνεχωρεῖτο, διὸ πλεονεξίαν οἱ μεταλλεύοντες τοῦ μὲν εὐχρήστου πρὸς γεωργίαν οἰκοδομήν τε καὶ ναῶν παρασκευήν, οἶον σιδήρου καὶ χαλκοῦ, καταφρονήσαντες τῆς συναθροίσεως αὐτῶν κατημέλουν, τῶν πρὸς τρυφὴν δὲ καὶ ἄρχηστον τε καὶ ἀργύρου εὕρεσιν καὶ μείζονος καμάτου τῶν ἄλλων ἁπάντων μετάλλων φασὶν εἶναι, ὅπως τῷ σφοδρῷ τῆς ἐπιθυμίας τὸ τοῦ καμάτου σφοδρὸν ἀντιτάσσηται.

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Eusebius, Constantini imperatoris oratio ad coetum sanctorum, ed. Ivar A. Heikel. 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/tlg2018.tlg021.local001/.