# Epistulae 1-59

Julian the Emperor, Epistulae, Ἐλπιδίῳ φιλοσόφῳ. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/julian-the-emperor/epistulae/1-59

Ἔστι καὶ μικροῦ γράμματος ἡδονὴ μείζων, ὅταν ἡ τοῦ γράφοντος εὔνοια μὴ τῇ τῆς ἐπιστολῆς σμικρότητι μᾶλλον ἢ τῷ τῆς ψυχῆς μεγέθει μετρῆται· εἰ δὲ δὴ καὶ νῦν βραχέα τὰ τῆς προσρήσεως ὑφ’ ἡμῶν γεγένηται, μηδ’ οὕτω τὸν ἐπ’ αὐτοῖς πόθον τεκμηριώσῃ, ἀλλ’ εἰδώς, ἐφ’ ὅσον ὁ παρ’ ἡμῶν ἔρως ἐπὶ σοὶ τέταται, τῇ μὲν τοῦ γράμματος βραχύτητι συγγνώμην νέμε, τοῖς ἴσοις δὲ ἡμᾶς ἀμείβεσθαι μὴ κατόκνει. πᾶν γὰρ ὅ τι ἂν διδῷς, κἂν μικρὸν ᾖ, παντὸς ἀγαθοῦ γνώρισμα παρ’ ἡμῖν σώζει.

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Julian the Emperor, Epistulae, ed. Wilmer Cave Wright. 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/tlg2003.tlg013.local001/.