7 surviving letters between Isidore of Pelusium and Ophelios the Grammarian, spanning c. 399–427.
Setting aside the well-worn interpretations, let me state the meaning clearly — even if some think I am cutting a...
I do not admire the custom of lavishing adornment on the body.
You asked me about the style of the blessed John [Chrysostom], and whether it represents genuine Attic Greek.
The work of a grammarian, Ophelios, is not merely to be precise for its own sake.
You of all people, Ophelios, understand that words are not the things they describe.
The spiritual life is a journey with a beginning, a middle, and an end.
I greatly admire ancient Sparta — a city adorned with honor, whose mothers forbade ornament so that the men they...