Letter 308: Accept my gratitude for what you did for the man I recommended.
To Clematius. (357)
Remind yourself of the promises you made to us concerning Elpidius's affairs -- or rather, you remember them well and continue to, but you are slow in...
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Latin / Greek Original
Κληματίῳ. (357)
Σαυτὸν ἀνάμνησον τῶν ὑποσχέσεων, ἃς ἐποιοῦ πρὸς
ἡμᾶς περὶ τῶν Ἑλπιδίου πραγμάτων, μᾶλλον δέ, καὶ μεμνη-
μένος διατελεῖς κοὶ βραδέως ἥκοντα μέμφῃ καὶ δεξάμενος βε-
βλαμμένον ἐν τοῖς εὖ πράττουσι στήσεις εἰδὼς ὅτι περὶ ἔνα
μὲν ἔσῃ πρόθυμος, εὐεργέτης δὲ γεγράψῃ τοῦ τῶν Ἑλλήνων
γένους· ὡς, ὅ τι ἂν οὗτος εὖ πάθῃ, πάντες οἷς τι μέτεστι
λόγων· ὠφέληνται.
καὶ μὴν σὺ μὲν ἐπαινεῖσθαι βούλοιο
ἄν, τούτῳ δὲ ἐπαινεῖν δύναμις. ἔσται δὴ τῷ μὲν ἔργα παρὰ
σοῦ, σοὶ δὲ παρὰ τοῦδε λόγοι, ἐμοὶ δὲ ἐξ ἀμφοῖν ἡδονὴ λαμ-
βανόντων ὑμῶν ἃ προσήκει παρ’ ἀλλήλων.
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- 2026-03-20v2.1.0-import
Initial corpus import from AI-assisted translation from original text.
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