# Epistulae 1-64

Julian the Emperor, Epistulae, Διογένει. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/julian-the-emperor/epistulae/1-64

Διογένης ὁ σὸς υἱὸς ὀφθείς μοι μετὰ τὴν ἔξοδον τὴν σὴν καὶ φήσας ὠργίσθαι σέ τι πρὸς αὐτόν, οἷον ἂν πατὴρ πρὸς παῖδα χαλεπήνειεν, ἐδεήθη μέσον με τῶν πρὸς αὐτὸν καταλλαγῶν παρὰ σοὶ γενέσθαι. εἰ μὲν οὖν μέτρια καὶ οἷα δύνασθαι φέρειν ἥμαρτεν, εἶξον τῇ φύσει καὶ τὸ πατὴρ εἶναι γνοὺς ἐπάνελθε πρὸς τὸν παῖδα τῇ γνώμῃ· εἰ δέ τι μεῖζον ἔπταικεν ἢ οἷον πρὸς συγγνώμην ἐλθεῖν, αὐτὸς ἂν εἴης δικαιότερος κριτής, εἴτε δεῖ καὶ τοῦτο γενναίως ἐνεγκόντα νικῆσαι τοῦ παιδὸς τὴν βουλὴν γνώμῃ κρείττονι, εἴτε καὶ πλείονος χρόνου σωφρονισμῷ τὴν ἐπὶ τῷ πταισθέντι βάσανον πιστεῦσαι.

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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/.