# Epistulae 1-839 59.3

Libanius, Epistulae 1-839, Letter 59. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/libanius/epistulae-1-839/59.3

ὁ δέ σοι κουφιεῖ τὴν λύπην οὐ τῇ τῆς ὄψεως ἡδονῇ μόνον, τοῦτο δὴ τὸ κοινὸν τῶν υἱέων, ἀλλ᾿ ὅτι σοι καὶ δύναμίν τινα κομίζει λόγων ἣν αὐτὸς μὲν ἐφύτευσας, ἡμεῖς δὲ ἐθρέψαμεν. 4 ἀλλ’ ὅπως μεμνήσῃ τῶν συνθηκῶν, ἃς περὶ τοῦ χρόνου πεπςίησαι καὶ πρὶν τέλος τὴν ὡραίαν λαβεῖν ἀπό- δὸς ἡμῖν τὸν πῶλον. πάντως δὲ ἐκ τοῦ σαυτοῦ πάθους καὶ ἐμοὶ συγγνώσῃ. εἰ γὰρ σὺ ποθεῖς υἱόν. καὶ ἡμεῖς ποθοῦμεν υἱόν ἀμφότεροι γὰρ ἐθρέψαμεν.

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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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