# Epistulae 1-839 371.5-6

Libanius, Epistulae 1-839, 371.5 to 371.6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/libanius/epistulae-1-839/371.5

μὴ θαυμάσῃς δὲ εἰ καινόν τι ποιῶ ζητῶν νέον· καὶ γὰρ ἡ τοῦ νέου φύσις τῶν καινῶν. αὐτός τε οὖν κινείσθω καὶ Καλύκιος μὴ μελλέτω νεανίσκος τὰ τοῦ πατρὸς μιμησόμενος· ὡς ὡς γε ἐν δοκα- στηρίοις κράτος, ἢν προσενέγκῃ πόνους, ὧν τὸ πέρας ἡδονή. δίκαιος δέ ἐστιν ἔχεσθαι τῆς τέκνης· καὶ γὰρ εἰ φθάσας ἔχει τῶν λόγων τὸ ἆθλον, ἐπ’ ἐκείνῳ γε θηρευέτω τοὺς λόγους· αἰσχρὸν μὲν γὰρ ὄντας οὐδεπώποτε κτητέον, καλὸν όὲ ὄντας ἀεὶ κτητέον.

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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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