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 glad both that you wrote to us and that you had put yourself in such a disposition toward us; for this was the act of one confident of being loved and aware that he loves.
As for me, I read the letter to him, and I saw that he was pleased and eager to write. But what has prevented this from happening is a certain disturbance that fell upon him and compelled him to attend to it; yet these things will come to you, once that matter 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.
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