# Βαρλαάμ καί Ἰωάσαφ 38.343

Joannes Damascenus Scr. Eccl. et Theol. John of Damascus, Βαρλαάμ καί Ἰωάσαφ, Chapter 38. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-damascenus-scr-eccl-et-theol-john-of-damascus/text/38.343

Ἔμεινε δὲ Ἰωάσαφ διετίαν ὅλην κατὰ τὸ πέλαγος τῆς ἐρήμου ταύτης ἀλώμενος καὶ μὴ εὑρίσκων τὸν Βαρλαάμ, τοῦ Θεοῦ κἀνταῦθα τὸ στερρὸν τοῦ λογισμοῦ αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸ τῆς ψυχῆς γενναῖον δοκιμάζοντος. καὶ ἦν οὕτως αἴθριος συγκαιόμενος τῷ καύσωνι καὶ τῷ κρύει πηγνύμενος καὶ ἀπαύστως ζητῶν ὥσπερ τινὰ θησαυρὸν πολύτιμον τὸν τιμιώτατον γέροντα. πολλοὺς δὲ ὑπέμεινε πειρασμοὺς καὶ πολέμους τῶν πονηρῶν πνευμάτων, καὶ πολλοὺς ὑπήνεγκε πόνους τῆς τῶν βοτανῶν ἐνδείας, ἃς εἰς τροφὴν ἐκέχρητο, ὅτι καὶ ταύτας ξηρὰ οὖσα ἡ ἔρημος ἐνδεῶς ἐβλάστανεν.

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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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