Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: Series II/Volume VII/Letters of Gregory Nazianzen/Miscellaneous Letters/To Amphilochius the Younger/Letter XXVII

Ep. XXVII.

You make a joke of it; but I know the danger of an Ozizalean starving when he has taken most pains with his husbandry.&#160; There is only this praise to be given them, that even if they die of hunger they smell sweet, and have a gorgeous funeral.&#160; How so?&#160; Because they are covered with plenty of all sorts of flowers.