Letter 292: We know how well you treated Alexander -- for the man who benefited did not hide it.
Libanius→Cyrillus|c. 341 AD|Libanius
illness
Κυρίλλῳ. (360/61)
Ἴσμεν ὅσα τὸν Ἀλέξανδρον εὖ ἐποίησας· οὐ γὰρ ἔκρυψεν
ὁ εὖ παθών. ἥσθην οὖν, ὅτι τε ὠφέληται καὶ ὅτι χρηστός
ἐστιν ὁμολογῶν τὴν χάριν. τὸν δὴ τοιοῦτον τῶν αὐτῶν εἰκὸς
διὰ τέλους τυγχάνειν· λαβὼν γὰρ οἶδεν ὡς ἔλαβε λέγειν.
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Κυρίλλῳ. (360/61)
Ἴσμεν ὅσα τὸν Ἀλέξανδρον εὖ ἐποίησας· οὐ γὰρ ἔκρυψεν
ὁ εὖ παθών. ἥσθην οὖν, ὅτι τε ὠφέληται καὶ ὅτι χρηστός
ἐστιν ὁμολογῶν τὴν χάριν. τὸν δὴ τοιοῦτον τῶν αὐτῶν εἰκὸς
διὰ τέλους τυγχάνειν· λαβὼν γὰρ οἶδεν ὡς ἔλαβε λέγειν.
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