Letter 185: The admirable Mares was both my fellow student and my teacher -- for having grown alongside me, he rose to that rank.
Ἀνδρονίκῳ. (360)
Μάρης ὁ θαυμάσιος καὶ συμφοιτητὴς ἡμῖν γεγένηται
καὶ διδάσκαλος, αὐξηθεὶς γὰρ ἀπ’ ἐκείνου πρὸς τοῦτο ἦλθε,
καὶ δύο τούτοις <τοῖς> δικαιώμασι τῷ μὲν ὑπάρχει τὸ
τάττειν, ἡμῖν δὲ ὑπηρετεῖν ἀνάγκη.
μέλει δὲ τούτῳ Ζή-
νωνος, ὁ δέ ἐστι τῶν περὶ τὸν ὕπαρχον καὶ νῦν ἥκει παρὰ
σὲ εὖ τε πράξων, εἰ τοῦτο βούλοιο, καὶ μὴ βουλομένου τοῦτο,
θάτερον δὲ οὐκ ἔρα, ἀλλ’ οἶδ᾿ ὅτι βουλήσῃ τὰ βελτίω
μένος τε τοὐμὸν ἐν λόγῳ κἀκεῖνον αἰδούμενος ὃν καὶ ἐγώ.
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