Letter 25: You show me that you are no ordinary devotee of learning, composing letters at such an hour as this.
Libanius→Parnasius|c. 316 AD|Libanius
friendship
**To Parnassius** (358/59)
That I am no ignoble devotee of letters, you yourself make plain by composing epistles from such an early hour . . .
Παρνασίῳ. (358/59)
Οὐκ ἀγεννῶς μοι προσκεῖσθαι τοῖς λόγοις, καταμηνύεις δὲ
σὺ σαυτὸν ἀπὸ τοιαύτης ὥρας συντιθεὶς ἐπιστολάς. . . .
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**To Parnassius** (358/59)
That I am no ignoble devotee of letters, you yourself make plain by composing epistles from such an early hour . . .
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