Letter 338: If it were fitting to send you something lesser, I would have sent it already.
Libanius→Seleukios|c. 346 AD|Libanius
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Σελευκίω. (358/59?)
Εἰ μὲν ἐλάττω σοι πέμπειν εἶχε καλῶς, ἤδη ἂν ἔπεμπον·
ἐπεὶ δὲ δεῖ τι τῆς ὑμετέρας ἐπιθυμίας ἄξιον ὑμῖν ἐλθεῖν, 15
ἐπειδὰν τοσαῦτα γένηται, πέμψομεν. τοῦ δὲ ταχέως φαῦλα
λαβεῖν τὸ βραδέως ἀμείνω μακρῷ που βέλτιον.
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Σελευκίω. (358/59?)
Εἰ μὲν ἐλάττω σοι πέμπειν εἶχε καλῶς, ἤδη ἂν ἔπεμπον·
ἐπεὶ δὲ δεῖ τι τῆς ὑμετέρας ἐπιθυμίας ἄξιον ὑμῖν ἐλθεῖν, 15
ἐπειδὰν τοσαῦτα γένηται, πέμψομεν. τοῦ δὲ ταχέως φαῦλα
λαβεῖν τὸ βραδέως ἀμείνω μακρῷ που βέλτιον.
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