Ep. XVI. To Eusebius, Bishop of Cæsarea.
Ep. XVII. To Eusebius, Archbishop of Cæsarea.
Ep. XVIII. To Eusebius of Cæsarea.
Ep. XLI. To the People of Cæsarea, in His Father’s Name.
Ep. XLII. To Eusebius, Bishop of Samosata.
Ep. XLIX. To Basil. (The Praises of Quiet.)
Ep. LXIII. To Amphilochius the Elder.
Ep. CI. To Cledonius the Priest Against Apollinarius.
Ep. CII. Against Apollinarius The Second Letter to Cledonius.
Ep. CLIII. To Bosporius, Bishop of Colonia.
Ep. CLVII. To Theodore, Archbishop of Tyana.
Ep. CLXXI. To Amphilochius, Bishop of Iconium.
Ep. CXCVII. A Letter of Condolence on the Death of His Sister Theosebia.
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. There is only this praise to be given them, that even if they die of hunger they smell sweet, and have a gorgeous funeral. How so? Because they are covered with plenty of all sorts of flowers.
[27] ΤΩΙ ΑΥΤΩΙ
Παίζεις. Ἐγὼ δ' οἶδα τὸν κίνδυνον Ὀζιζαλέως πεινῶντος, ὅταν μάλιστα γεωργήσητε. Ὧν ἓν τοῦτο μόνον ἐπαινετόν, ὅτι κἂν λιμῷ φθαρῶσιν, ἀλλ' εὐωδοῦσι καὶ λαμπρᾶς τυγχάνουσι τῆς ταφῆς. Πῶς; πολλοῖς βάλλονται καὶ ποικίλοις τοῖς ἄνθεσιν.