Letter 440: There is no need to tell you about the ambassadors -- you know them both.
Libanius→Aristainetus; and separately to Silanus|c. 356 AD|Libanius
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Ἀρισταινέτῳ. (355)
Οὐδέν σε διδάσκειν δεῖ περὶ τῶν πρέσβεων· ἄμφω γὰρ
οἶσθα, τὸν μέν, ἡνίκα διὰ τῆς ὑμετέρας ἤλαυνε, τὸν δέ, ὅτε
ἄχρι τῆς ὑμετέρας ἦλθεν.
ἀλλ᾿ ὅμως ἐκεῖνο προσθείην ἄν·
οὐ μικρόν σοι δίκαιον πρὸς αὐτούς· παῖς ἐστιν ἑκατέρῳ παρ᾿
ἡμῖν ἑκάτερος εὐφραίνων ἐλπίσιν.
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Ἀρισταινέτῳ. (355)
Οὐδέν σε διδάσκειν δεῖ περὶ τῶν πρέσβεων· ἄμφω γὰρ
οἶσθα, τὸν μέν, ἡνίκα διὰ τῆς ὑμετέρας ἤλαυνε, τὸν δέ, ὅτε
ἄχρι τῆς ὑμετέρας ἦλθεν.
ἀλλ᾿ ὅμως ἐκεῖνο προσθείην ἄν·
οὐ μικρόν σοι δίκαιον πρὸς αὐτούς· παῖς ἐστιν ἑκατέρῳ παρ᾿
ἡμῖν ἑκάτερος εὐφραίνων ἐλπίσιν.
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