Letter 318: To the same person. (357)
To the same person. (357)
Our Boethus tells me his father Boethus received your help. I knew it would be so — you were granting the favor for his uncle's sake. Had you known the matter concerned me at all, poor Boethus would be ruined, such is your zeal for refusing whatever I might wish.
But know that even so, you have pleased me by granting the uncle this favor — which means it is high time you strip Boethus of the very position you gave him, since your kindness to the uncle turns out to benefit me too.
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Latin / Greek Original
Τῷ αὐτῶ. (357) 15
Βοηθὸς ὁ παρ’ ἡμῖν ἔφησεν αὑτοῦ τὸν πατέρα Βοη-
θὸν βοηθείας παρὰ σοῦ τυχεῖν. καὶ ᾔδειν γε ὅτι τοῦθ
οὕτως ἕξει· τῷ θείῳ γὰρ ἔμελλες δώσειν τὴν χάριν. εἰ δὲ ἐμοί
τι τοῦ πράγματος ᾔδεις μέλον, ἀπωλώλει ἂν ὁ νῦν εὐδαίμων
Βοηθός· τοσαύτῃ σπουδῇ κέχρησαι μὴ ποιεῖν ἃ βουλοίμην ἂν
γενέσθαι.
ἀλλὰ καὶ νῦν ἴσθι μοι κεχαρισμένος ἐν τῷ δοῦναι
5 τῷ θείῳ τὴν χάριν, ὥσθ’ ὥρα σοι τὸν Βοηθὸν ἐκβάλλειν τοῦ
σχήματος, ὃ δεδωκὼς τυγχάνεις, ἐπειδὴ τὸ τῷ θείῳ σε κεχαρί-
σθαι χάριν ἐμοὶ φέρει.
Revision history
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