Letter 388: I was pleased both that you wrote to us and that you arranged such matters through me — for this was the act of a...
Φιλίππῳ. (355)
Ὅτι τε ἐπέστειλας ἡμῖν ἥσθην καὶ ὅτι τὰ τοιαῦτα ὄι
ἡμῶν καθίστασο· πιστεύοντος γὰρ ἦν φιλεῖσθαι καὶ ἐγνωκότος
φιλεῖν.
ἐγὼ δὲ τήν τε ἐπιστολὴν ἀνέγνων αὐτῷ καὶ ἡδό-
μενον ἑώρων καὶ πρὸς γράμματα ὡρμηκότα. ἃ κεκώλυκε μὴ
γενέσθαι θόρυβός τις ἐμπεσὼν καὶ πείσας αὐτῷ προσέχειν,
ἥξει δέ σοι ταῦτα, ἐπειδὰν ἐκεῖνος παρέλθῃ.
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