Letter 342: On my way to the school I ran into Julianus, who was urging Calykion toward the labors of rhetoric.
Ἱεροκλεῖ. (358)
Πορευόμενος εἰς τὸ διδασκαλεῖον ἐνέτυχον Ἰουλιανῷ
κινοῦντι Καλύκιον ἐπὶ τοὺς ὑπὲρ λόγων πόνους, ὃ ποιεῖν
ἔφασκεν ὑπὸ σοῦ κεκινημένος ἐξ ἐπιστολῆς. ἐκοινώνουν οὖν
τῶν παρακλήσεων καὶ συνεφηπτόμην συμβουλῆς, ἠς οὐσεπώποιτε
ἐπαυσάμην.
οἶμαι δέ, οὐ λίθον ἕψομεν. ἀλλ’ ἀκούων πολ-
λάκις ὡς διὰ δικαιοσύνηι πατρὸς πένης εἴη καὶ ὅτι μίαν
ὁδὸν ἐπὶ πλοῦτον ἔχει τοὺς λόγους, δῆλός ἐστιν ἐπαινῶν τε
ἡμᾶς καὶ πειθόμενος καὶ οὐ πάνυ δεόμενος ἀκούειν ὅτι λό-
γους αὐτῷ κτητέον.
δεῖ δὴ καὶ σὲ μὴ πάντα ἐπιτιμᾶν, ἀλλ’
ἤδη καὶ συγχαίρειν ὡς ἐπὶ προθυμίᾳ· καὶ γὰρ αὐτὸ τοῦτο
φάρμακον εἰς προθυμίαν.
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