Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, De legendis gentilium libris, chapter 2, section 2

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[2] οὔκουν προγόνων ¹ περιφάνειαν, οὐκ ἰσχὺν σώματος, οὐ κάλλος, οὐ μέγεθος, οὐ τὰς παρὰ πάντων ἀνθρώπων τιμάς, οὐ βασιλείαν αὐτήν, οὐχ ὅ τι ἂν εἴποι τις τῶν ἀνθρωπίνων μέγα, ἀλλ̓ οὐδὲ εὐχῆς ἄξιον κρίνομεν, ἢ τοὺς ἔχοντας ἀποβλέπομεν, ἀλλ̓ ἐπὶ μακρότερον πρόϊμεν ταῖς ἐλπίσι, καὶ πρὸς ἑτέρου βίου [p. 382] παρασκευὴν ² ἅπαντα πράττομεν.

1 ou)kou=n progo/nwn editi, ou)kou=n ou) progo/nwn Colb. tertius.

2 kataskeuh\n unus Reg.

Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea. Roy J. Deferrari. Saint Basil The Letters, in Four Volumes. William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons. London; New York. 1926-. Keyboarding.

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