Letter 333: It is simply not right that the dependents of Tiberinus should suffer — a man excellent in every way, who introduces...
Μαξίμῳ. (357/58)
Ἀλλ’ οὐδὲ τοὺς Τιβερίνου μέντοι καλὼς ἔχει πάσχειν
κακῶς, ἀνδρὸς τά τε ἄλλα ἀγαθοῦ καὶ τοὺς ποιητὰς εἱσάγον-
τος εἰς τὰς τῶν νέων ψυχάς. εἰ γὰρ καὶ παρ’ ἡμῖν ἅνθρω-
πος τὸ αὑτοῦ ποιεῖ, δίκαιός ἐστιν οὐ παρ’ ἡμῖν μόνον, ἀλλὰ
καὶ οἴκοι τιμᾶσθαι τῇ συνουσίᾳ μὲν ὠφελῶν τοὺς τῇδε, τῇ
δόξῃ δὲ κοσμῶν τὴν οἰκείαν.
ἐπεὶ δὲ οἱ περὶ τὸ χρῆμα
τῶν λόγων ἀσεβοῦντες ἕλκουσιν Ἀρχέλαον Τιβερῖνον οὐκ
αἰσχυνόμενοι, σὺ τὸν μὲν αἰδέσθητι, τῷ δὲ βοήθησον πρῶτον
μὶν ταῖς Μούσαις διδοὺς τὴν χάριν, δεύτερον δὲ ταῖς πόλεσι
τῇ τε ἡμετέρᾳ καὶ ἐξ ἧς ἐστιν. εἰ δὲ οὐδὲ τοὐμὸν παντάπασιν
ἄτιμον, κείσθω καὶ τοῦτο τρίτον.
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