# Epistulae: Collectio Patmensis (epistulae 1-52) 41

Theodoretus, Epistulae: Collectio Patmensis (epistulae 1-52), Letter 41. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/epistulae-collectio-patmensis-epistulae-1-52/41

ΑΝΔΡΕᾼ ΕΠΙΣΚΟΠῼ ΣΑΜΟΣΑΤΩΝ. Θαυμαστῶς ἡμῖν ἐζωγράφησας, ὦ ἄριστε, τοῖς τῶν λόγων χρησάμενος χρώμασι τὸν θεοφιλέστατον Δαμιανὸν τὸν πρεσβύτερον· τοιοῦτον γὰρ αὐτὸν εἴδομεν, οἷον διὰ τῶν γραμμάτων ἡρμήνευσας. Καὶ ἐγὼ μὲν πεῖραν ἔλαβον τοῦ τρόπου, τοῦ δὲ λόγου ἀπέλαυσεν ὁ λεώς. Ἐμὲ γὰρ ἡ νόσος ἐκώλυσε, μόνον δὲ τῶν ἀκροατῶν ἀκήκοα ὅτι τοιοῦτος ἀνήρ, οἷον ἡ σὴ ὁσιότης ὑπέδειξεν. Ἀλλὰ γεύσας ἡμᾶς, καὶ νῦν τὰ ὑπερκείμενα μιμησάμενος νέφη, ψεκάδας ὀλίγας ἀφίησι, καὶ διψῶντας παρέρχεται. Ἐμὲ δὲ ἧσεν, ὅτι μοι τῶν πρὸς τὴν σὴν ἁγιότητα γραμμάτων ἐγένετο πρόξενος· καὶ γὰρ ἀσθενῶς διακείμενος, ἐσπούδασα δι' αὐτοῦ προσειπεῖν σου τὴν ὁσιότητα καὶ εἰς τὴν [ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ] προσευχὴν διεγεῖραι.

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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/.