# Epistulae 1-839 197.1

Libanius, Epistulae 1-839, Letter 197. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/libanius/epistulae-1-839/197.1

Ἄκουε δὴ καὶ ἕτερον ἐπανορθώσεως χρῇζον. Ἀστερίῳ παρ’ ἡμῖν οὐδεὶς ὅμοιος, οἶμαι δέ, οὐδὲ ἄλλοθι· τοσαύτην ἴσχεν ἁνὴρ ἐπιμέλειαν ἀρετῆς οὐ τοῦ γήρως αὐτῷ σβέσαντος τὰς ἀτόπους ἡδονάς, τῆς φύσεως δὲ ἐκ παιδὸς ἐπὶ τὸ σῶφρον ἀγούσης, ὅθεν ἐν αἰδοῖ παρὰ τοῖς πολίταις, οὐ μᾶλλον ὧν ἐστι πρεσβύτερος ἢ ὧν ἦν τότε νεώτερος. ἐμοὶ δὲ δόξα παρίστα- ται ζῆν μοι τὸν θεῖον, ὅταν ἐντύχω τε τῷ πρεσβύτῃ καὶ κατα- στῶμεν εἰς λόγους.

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Libanius, Epistulae 1-839. 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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