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...
To Philippus. (355)
I was pleased both that you wrote to us and that you arranged such matters through me — for this was the act of a man who trusts he is loved and who has resolved to love in return.
I read your letter to him, and I could see he was delighted and eager to write back. But some commotion broke in and forced him to attend to it, preventing the reply. It will come to you once that has passed.
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Latin / Greek Original
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.
Revision history
- 2026-03-20v2.1.0-import
Initial corpus import from AI-assisted translation from original text.
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