# Epistulae 1-839 387.1

Libanius, Epistulae 1-839, Letter 387. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/libanius/epistulae-1-839/387.1

Χρηστὸς εἶ γράμματα ζητῶν καὶ φάσκων τῷ μὲν οὐ λαβεῖν ἀρρωστεῖν, πάντως δ’ ἂν ὑγιᾶναι λαβών. ἐκεῖνό γε μήν, οὐδ’ εἰ πάνυ βουλοίμην χαρίζεσθαι, χρηστὸν ἔχω καλεῖν τὸ τρεῖς ἐπιστολὰς εἰληφότα κατηγορεῖν ὡς ὅλως σεσιγηκότος. ὅτι μὲν γὰρ ἡ τοῦ πάλιν ἐθέλειν λαβεῖν ἐπιθυμία πρὸς τὸ ψεῦδος ἄγει, δῆλον· ἐξῆν μέντοι καὶ τὸ δοθὲν ὡς μικρὸν αἰτιώμενον ἀληθεύειν τε ὁμοῦ καὶ πλείω ζητεῖν.

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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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