# Epistulae: Collectio Patmensis (epistulae 1-52) 50

Theodoretus, Epistulae: Collectio Patmensis (epistulae 1-52), Letter 50. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/epistulae-collectio-patmensis-epistulae-1-52/50

ΑΕΡΙῼ ΣΟΦΙΣΤῌ Εἰ μὲν ἠγνόεις, ὦ φίλη μοι κεφαλή, τὸν δεῖνα καὶ τὸν ἐκείνου τρόπον καὶ βίον, εἰκότως τὸν ἔλεον ἀνευφήμεις καὶ τῆς φιλανθρωπίας διεξῄεις ἐπαίνους· ἐπεὶ δὲ οἶσθα τίς ὁ ἀνήρ, καὶ ὅτι αὔξει μὲν ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖρον ἡ τῆς ἐκείνου γνώμης ῥοπή, παλινῳδίαν δὲ ᾄδειν οὐ βούλεται, παρὰ τοῦ σοῦ μάνθανε Πλάτωνος τίνος ἄξιος οὗτος. Εἰ δὲ λέγεις μὴ τοὺς ἐκείνου νόμους ἐπὶ τοῦ παρόντος κρατεῖν, ἄκουσον τοῦ δεσπότου τῶν ὅλων νομοθετοῦντος.

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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/.