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'''Address to Young Men on Greek Literature''' (alternatively, "Address To Young Men On How They Might Derive Benefit From Greek Literature," {{langx|grc|Πρὸς τοὺς νέους, ὅπως ἂν ἐξ ἑλληνικῶν ὠφελοῖντο λόγων|Pros tous neous, hopōs an ex Hellēnikōn ōphelointo logōn}}) is a text by [[Basil of Caesarea]]. Although Basil is best known for his religious writing in the Address he advocated for the study of certain Greek texts on the grounds of their Christian [[virtue]]. He further reassured his young readers that despite their pagan origin Greek poets, historians and philosophers were compatible with orthodox Christian values and could be studied as "reflections" of Christian ideals.

==Editions and commentaries==
* Edward R. Maloney, ''St. Basil the Great to students on Greek literature'', with notes and vocabulary, New York: American Book Company, 1901 ([https://books.google.com/books?id=Lh4BAAAAYAAJ online])
* Georg Büttner, ''Basileios des Grossen Mahnworte an die Jugend uber den nützlichen Gebrauch der heidnischen Literatur'', Munich, 1908 ([https://books.google.com/books?id=KTEUAQAAIAAJ online])
* Roy J. Deferrari, in ''St. Basil: Letters'', vol. 4, [[Loeb Classical Library]], 1934 ([https://archive.org/details/letterswithengli04basiuoft online])
* Fernand Boulenger, ''Saint Basile: Aux jeunes gens sur la manière de tirer profit des lettres helléniques'', [[Collection Budé]], Paris, 1935 (repr. 1952, 1965, 2002)
* N.G. Wilson, ''Saint Basil on the value of Greek literature'', London: Duckworth, 1975, {{ISBN|0-7156-0924-6}}
* Mario Naldini, ''Basilio di Cesarea: Discorso ai Giovani (Oratio ad adolescentes)'', ''Biblioteca Patristica'' 3, with the Latin version of [[Leonardo Bruni]], Florence: Nardini, 1984

==External links==
{{Wikisourcelang|en|Address to Young Men on Greek Literature|''Address to Young Men on the Right Use of Greek Literature''}}
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* [http://hodoi.fltr.ucl.ac.be/concordances/basile_jeunes_gens/lecture/default.htm Greek text and French translation]
* [http://www.earlychurchtexts.com/main/basilofcaes/greek_literature_01.shtml Greek text with dictionary lookup links (English)] at The Early Church Texts website
* English translations: [http://www.ccel.org/ccel/pearse/morefathers/files/basil_litterature01.htm trans. Padelford] ([https://books.google.com/books?id=8xwFSGy8e_4C&pg=PA101 Google Books]), [http://www.mscperu.org/english/justasking/ireading_youngsters.htm trans. Deferrari]
* Articles on significance: [http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/basil_litterature00.htm Frederick Morgan Padelford], [http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf208.vi.ii.v.html#vi.ii.v-p155 Blomfield Jackson]

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[[Category:Greek literature (post-classical)]]
[[Category:Christianity and Hellenistic philosophy]]
[[Category:Books of literary criticism]]
[[Category:Essays about literature]]


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