Basil the Great
Basil to Libanius.
Letters (Selected) — translated by Blomfield Jackson
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Letter CCCLIII.
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Basil to Libanius.
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I have read your speech, and have immensely admired it. O muses; O learning; O Athens; what do you not give to those who love you! What fruits do not they gather who spend even a short time with you! Oh for your copiously flowing fountain! What men all who drink of it are shewn to be! I seemed to see the man himself in your speech, in the company of his chattering little woman. A living story has been written on the ground by Libanius, who alone has bestowed the gift of life upon his words.
Translated by Blomfield Jackson. Edition opa.patristics.basil-the-great.letters-selected.en.