Letter 309: Short letter, simple request: a man needs justice, and you are in a position to provide it.
Libanius→Clearchus; then Elebocius|c. 343 AD|Libanius
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Εὐμολπίῳ. (357)
Οὐδὲν ἄτοπον παρὰ φίλου χάριν αἰτῆσαι χαριζόμενον
φίλῳ. φίλος δὲ σοὶ μὲν ἐγώ, Σωφρόνιος δὲ ἐμοί.
δέομαι
δή σου μὴ ποιῆσαι Σωφρονίῳ τὴν τῶν ἵππων κτῆσιν ζημίαν.
ἀρκεῖ ταῦτα παρ’ ἐμοῦ πρὸς Εὐμόλπιον· εἰ δ’ ἄλλος ἦν, μα-
κρὰν ἀποτείνειν ἔδει.
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Εὐμολπίῳ. (357)
Οὐδὲν ἄτοπον παρὰ φίλου χάριν αἰτῆσαι χαριζόμενον
φίλῳ. φίλος δὲ σοὶ μὲν ἐγώ, Σωφρόνιος δὲ ἐμοί.
δέομαι
δή σου μὴ ποιῆσαι Σωφρονίῳ τὴν τῶν ἵππων κτῆσιν ζημίαν.
ἀρκεῖ ταῦτα παρ’ ἐμοῦ πρὸς Εὐμόλπιον· εἰ δ’ ἄλλος ἦν, μα-
κρὰν ἀποτείνειν ἔδει.
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