Letter 461: You inherited very little from your father, and what you earned by pleading cases you spent as a judge — so instead...
Ἱεροκλεῖ. (355/56)
Σὺ πατρῴων μὲν πάνυ μικρῶν ἐκληρονόμησας χρημα΄-
των, ἃ δὲ δίκας λέγων εἰργάσω, δικάζων ἀνήλωκας καί σοι
σύνεστιν ἀντὶ χρυσίου δόξα.
πόθεν οὖν μοι πέπομφας τὸ
χρυσίον; εἰ μὲν ἐντυχὼν θησαυρῷ, φράζε καὶ δεξόμεθα· εἰ δ
οὐκ ἐντυχών, ἐπειδὰν ἐντύχῃς, δεξόμεθα.
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