# Epistulae: Collectio Patmensis (epistulae 1-52) 34

Theodoretus, Epistulae: Collectio Patmensis (epistulae 1-52), Letter 34. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/epistulae-collectio-patmensis-epistulae-1-52/34

ΜΑΡΑΝᾼ ΣΧΟΛΑΣΤΙΚῼ. Οὐκ οἶδα ὅ τι σε προσείπω, ἄφιλον ἢ μισόπολιν; τὸ μὲν γὰρ ἀληθὲς ἀγνοῶ· δυοῖν δὲ θάτερον ὑπονοεῖν με παρασκευάζει τὸ μηδεμιᾷ τῶν ἑορτῶν πρὸς ἡμᾶς παραγενέσθαι, ἀλλὰ προτιμῆσαι φιλίας καὶ πατρίδος ἀγρὸν καὶ ζεύγη καὶ σκαπάνας ἢ τοὺς περὶ χρεῶν καὶ ὅρων ζυγομαχοῦντας καὶ παρὰ τὰ ζυγὰ τῆς σῆς θέοντας ψήφου. Ἐγὼ δὲ λίαν ἀσχάλλω ὑπὸ τῶν ἐκγόνων τὴν πατρίδα ὑβριζομένην θεώμενος καὶ περιιδεῖν οὐκ ἀνέξομαι. Ἵνα τοίνυν τοιαύτην φύγῃς γραφήν, κατάλαβε τὴν ἐνεγκοῦσαν καὶ ποίησον λαμπροτέραν τῇ παρουσίᾳ· ἄτοπον γὰρ τὸν μὲν ἀγρὸν τῇ σῇ οἰκήσει φαιδρύνεσθαι, τὴν δὲ πόλιν τῇ σῇ ἀποδημίᾳ σμικρύνεσθαι.

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Theodoretus Scr. Eccl. et Theol., Epistulae: Collectio Patmensis (epistulae 1-52). Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg4089.tlg005.local001/.