Letter 205: I send you these small tokens not because they match the scale of my affection -- nothing could -- but because they...
Δομνίωνι. (360)
Δόγμα νενίκηκε παρ’ ἡμῖν τὸ παρ’ ὑμῖν καλὸν καὶ τῇδε
φυτεῦσαι, νόμων μάθησιν. τὸν μὲν οὖν ἄριστον ζητῶν σὲ τοῦ-
τον εὑρίσκω, τὸ δ’ ἄκοντα ἀναστῆσαι νομίζων οὐκ εὐσεβὲς
βουλῆς ἀφίημι κύριον ἐπιθυμῶν μὲν ἔχειν, ἕλκειν δὲ οὐκ ἀξιῶν.
φράζε δὴ τὸ δοκοῦν καὶ φράσαις γε ὅ βούλομαι. νικῶντος
δὲ θατέρου τίνα καλοῦντες οὐκ ἂν ἁμάρτοιεν μήνυε.
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