Are you living at Athens,
Basil? Have you forgotten yourself? The sons of the
Cæsareans could not endure to hear these things. My tongue
was not accustomed to them. Just as though I were treading some
dangerous ground, and 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, or Aristotle, or Susarion. He knows
everything.” So far my tongue. I only wish, Basil,
that you could praise me in the same manner!