Demetrios
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It was right that you mourned your brother — since even we mourned him, though he was not our brother, because he...
You write such things to a second Tantalus — for I too thirst for your springs, and the springs are near, yet you...
Leontios is indeed an excellent man and not unworthy of the praise you heaped on him.
You sent that letter as a refutation — to show that I had given you too grand a title by calling you first among Greeks.
Ascholius brought us news both most terrible and most heartening: having spoken of the fall — at which he himself...
We enjoy your company no less than our own, thanks to these frequent messengers.
Harvest season is already upon us here, and it is autumn.
That man who sold portions of the farmland — when we wished to buy, he claimed he was selling Thessaly and Boeotia,...
The moment I received your letter, in which you asked for the restoration of the old honors, I ran to the excellent...
Second attempts are better, they say — or, if you prefer, luckier.
Not only did your being pulled in both directions over the things delivered show the lover at a loss — unable to...
This is what good neighbors do — they help those living nearby in times of misfortune.
The emperor is no worse than his predecessor — I would say better, if one values complete virtue over reckless daring.