Letter 162: You could easily obtain a favor from Cyrillus, both as his friend and as the governor of Tyre.
To Andronicus. (358-361)
From Cyril you may easily obtain a favor, partly because he is your friend, and partly because he is governor of Tyre.
So send him a letter on behalf of the man who has given you this letter. For if this man meets with some good fortune at Elusa through my agency, Boethus, who is his kinsman and who manages my affairs, will be the more favorably disposed toward me.
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Latin / Greek Original
Ἀνδρονίκῳ. (358—361)
Παρὰ Κυρίλλου λάβοις ἂν ῥᾳδίως χάριν, τοῦτο μὲν ὡς 15
φίλος, τοῦτο δὲ ὡς ἄρχων Τυροῦ.
πέμπε δὴ πρὸς αὐτὸν
ἐπιστολὴν ὑπὲρ τοῦ δόντος σοι τὴν ἐπιστολήν. ἂν γὰρ οὗτος
ἐν Ἐλούσῃ τύχῃ τινὸς ἀγαθοῦ δι’ ἐμέ, Βοηθὸς ὁ τοῦδε μὲν
συγγενής, τἀμὰ δὲ διοικῶν ἔσται βελτίων εἰς ἐμέ.
Revision history
- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern libanius retranslated v1.
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