# Epistulae: Collectio Patmensis (epistulae 1-52) 4

Theodoretus, Epistulae: Collectio Patmensis (epistulae 1-52), Letter 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/epistulae-collectio-patmensis-epistulae-1-52/4

ΑΓΑΘΩΝΙ ΑΡΧΙΜΑΝΔΡΙΤῌ. Οἱ κερδαίνειν εἰδότες πανταχόθεν τὸ κέρδος συνάγουσι καὶ μιμοῦνται τὴν μέλισσαν, ἥ[τις] καὶ ἐκ πικρῶν βοτανῶν γλυκυτάτην ἀρυομένη νοτίδα τὸ ἥδιστον μέλι τοῖς ἀνθρώποις προσφέρει. Ταύτην ἡ σὴ μιμουμένη εὐλάβεια καὶ ἐξ ἡμῶν κεκερδηκέναι φησίν. Ἡμεῖς δὲ τῆς μὲν γραφῆς τὸ κέρδος οὐκ ἐπιστάμεθα, τὴν δὲ σὴν ἐπαινοῦμεν θεοσέβειαν, πανταχόθεν ἐμπορίας ἀφορμὰς θηρωμένην, καὶ εὐχόμεθα μέχρι τέλους ὑμᾶς διαδραμεῖν καὶ τὸ βραβεῖον τῆς νίκης λαβεῖν.

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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.
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