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NPNF2-08. Basil: Letters and Select Works - Holy Bible Institute

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Libanius to <strong>Basil</strong>.Letter CCCLV.Libanius to <strong>Basil</strong>.Are you living at Athens, <strong>Basil</strong>? Have you forgotten yourself? The sons of the Cæsareanscould not endure to hear these things. My tongue was not accustomed to them. Just asthough I were treading some dangerous ground, <strong>and</strong> were struck at the novelty of the sounds,it said to me its father, “My father, you never taught this! This man is Homer, or Plato, orAristotle, or Susarion. He knows everything.” So far my tongue. I only wish, <strong>Basil</strong>, thatyou could praise me in the same manner!922

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