Letter 441: Whenever someone says a letter has arrived from Andronicus, I know it means complaints have arrived.
Ἀνδρονίκῳ. (355)
Ἂν εἴπῃ τις ἥκειν Ἀνδρονίκου γράμματα, δῆλον ἡμῖν
ὡς ἐγκλήματα ἥκει, καὶ συμβαίνει δὴ μὴ ἧττον ἀλγεῖν ἢ χαί-
ρειν, ὅταν ἐπιστέλλῃς. καί μοι δοκεῖς οὐκ ἔχων σαυτὸν ἐξαλ-
λάττειν μίαν ἀεὶ στείχειν καὶ ἢ τῷ μὴ λαβεῖν ἢ τῷ μικρὰν λα-
βεῖν ἐγκαλεῖν.
εἰ δ’ οὖν καὶ λίαν ἀληθῆ μέμφῃ, ἀποδέ-
δοταί σοι πάντα διὰ τῶν πρέσβεων· πολλῶν γὰρ ἐπιστολῶν
ἀμείνους αἱ τῶνδε γλῶτται.
Κλεομένην δὲ ὧν οὐκ ἄρχει
κακῶς ποιεῖν οὐδὲν θαυμαστόν· καὶ γὰρ ὧν ἄρχει κακῶς ποιεῖ.
σοῦ δὲ ἐθαύμασα λέγοντος ὡς ἀφῄρημαι τῶν παρ’ ὑμῖν
τιμῶν καὶ ὡς ἀναγκαζοίμην παρ’ ὑμᾶς ἐλθεῖν, πλὴν εἰ τοῦτο
λέγοις, ὡς τοῖς ἐκεῖσε ἰοῦσιν ἀτιμία πρέπει. τοῦτο δὲ ὀρθῶς
ἂν λέγοις.
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