# Epistulae 1-839 379.8-9

Libanius, Epistulae 1-839, 379.8 to 379.9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/libanius/epistulae-1-839/379.8

καὶ μὴν εἰ μὲν οὐ κινεῖ σε πρὸς ταῦτα ὁ πατὴρ οὐκ οἰόμενός σε ἀναστή- σεῖν, κρείττων φάνηθι τῆς ἐλπίδος ἐκείνου· κινοῦντος δὲ εἰ μὴ προσέχοις, ἀνάγκη λυπεῖν τε καὶ λυπεῖσθαι. τοῦτο δέ ἐστι ζητοῦντα ῥᾳστώνην ἐν ἀηδίᾳ ζῆν. ἀλλ᾿, ὦ φίλτατε, λογι- σάμενος, ἡλίκην ποιήσεις πανήγυριν καὶ γονεῦσι καὶ κηδεσταῖς καὶ τῷ πάντα ἀρίστῳ θείῳ καὶ τῇ χρηστῇ γυναικὶ καὶ ἐμοὶ τῷ πολλὰ περὶ σὲ πεπονηκότι, νῦν μὲν ἔμπλησον σαυτὸν πα- λαιῶν συγγραμμάτων, γεωργῶν δὲ ἤδη τῶν περὶ τὰς ληνοὺς πεπαυμένων αὐτὸς ἥκειν δεῦρο τύχῃ ἀγαθῇ.

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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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