Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: Series II/Volume VIII/The Letters/Letter 355

Libanius to Basil.

you living at Athens, Basil?&#160; Have you forgotten yourself?&#160; The sons of the C&#230;sareans could not endure to hear these things.&#160; My tongue was not accustomed to them.&#160; Just as though I were treading some dangerous ground, and were struck at the novelty of the sounds, it said to me its father, &#8220;My father, you never taught this!&#160; This man is Homer, or Plato, or Aristotle, or Susarion.&#160; He knows everything.&#8221;&#160; So far my tongue. &#160;I only wish, Basil, that you could praise me in the same manner!