# Βαρλαάμ καί Ἰωάσαφ 18.154

Joannes Damascenus Scr. Eccl. et Theol. John of Damascus, Βαρλαάμ καί Ἰωάσαφ, Chapter 18. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-damascenus-scr-eccl-et-theol-john-of-damascus/text/18.154

τίς δέ σου καὶ τῶν σὺν σοὶ ἐν τῇ τοιαύτῃ ἐρήμῳ ἡ διατροφή, πόθεν δὲ τὰ ἐνδύματα καὶ ποταπά, γνώρισόν μοι φιλαλήθως. Ὁ δὲ Βαρλαὰμ φησίν. Ἡ μὲν διατροφὴ ἐκ τῶν εὑρισκομένων ἐστὶν ἀκροδρύων καὶ βοτανῶν ὧν ἡ ἔρημος τρέφει, δρόσῳ ποτιζομένη οὐρανίῳ καὶ τῇ προστάξει τοῦ Δημιουργοῦ εἴκουσα, ἐφ’ οἷς οὐδείς ἐστιν ὁ μαχόμενος ἡμῖν καὶ φιλονεικῶν καὶ τὸ πλέον ζητῶν ἁρπάζειν τῷ τῆς πλεονεξίας ὅρῳ τε καὶ λόγῳ· ἀλλ’ ἀφθόνως πᾶσι πρόκειται ἀνήροτος τροφὴ καὶ αὐτοσχέδιος τράπεζα. εἰ δέ ποτε καὶ τῶν πλησιαζόντων τις πιστῶν ἀδελφῶν ἄρτου ἐνέγκοι εὐλογίαν, ὡς παρὰ τῆς προνοίας πεμφθέντα δεχόμεθα τοῦτον ἐπ’ εὐλογίᾳ τῶν πιστῶς προσενεγκόντων. τὰ δὲ ἐνδύματα ἀπὸ ῥακίων εἰσὶ τριχίνων καὶ μηλωταρίων ἢ σεβεννίνων, πεπαλαιωμένα πάντα καὶ πολύρραφα, πάνυ κατατρύχοντα τὸ ἀσθενὲς τοῦτο σαρκίον. τὸ αὐτὸ γὰρ ἡμῖν ἐστι περιβόλαιον θέρους τε καὶ χειμῶνος,

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John of Damascus, Βαρλαάμ καί Ἰωάσαφ, ed. George Ratcliffe Woodward, Harold Mattingly. 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.
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