Letter 417: You are still among your fields and your books, but Fortune is calling you to the courtroom and to cases.
Ἀπαργγίῳ. (355)
Σὺ μὲν ἐν ἀγροῖς ἔτι καὶ βιβλίοις, ἡ Τύχη δέ σε καλεῖ πρὸς
τὸ βῆμα καὶ δίκας. ἧκε δὴ τοῦτο δράσων, ἐφ’ ᾧπερ ἐπόνεις,
καὶ πορεύου τὴν πατρῴαν ὁδὸν τέτταρα ἔχων εἰς τὸ θαρρεῖν
τοὺς λόγους, εὔνοιαν ἄρχοντος, τοκέα διδάσκαλον, ἡμετέρας
εὐχάς.
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