Letter 472: What have you done, Andronicus?
Ἀνδρονίκῳ (356)
Οἶον ἔδρασας, Ἀνδρόνικε; σοὶ μὲν ἐγὼ γέγραφα, σὺ δὲ
ἑτέροις ἔδειξας, οἱ δὲ εἰς τοὺς ἐνθάδε ἐξήνεγκαν, καὶ γέγονας
ἡμῖν ἀρχὴ πολέμου. εἶτα τοιαῦτα ἁμαρτὼν ἀφεὶς παραιτεῖ-
σθαι ἐγκαλεῖς καὶ πονηρὸν ἴσως καλεῖς, ὅτι σοι τὴν δι’ Ἅρ-
μάτος γράφω δέον θαυμάζειν ὅτι σοι γράφειν ἐτόλμησα.
2 εἰ μὲν οὖν ἀλλὰ Ἀττικοὶ τὰ Ἐλευσίνια, πάλιν
ἐπιστελοῦμεν· εἰ δὲ προθήσεις πρόσθε τῶν Ἐπωνύμων τῷ βου-
λομέιῳ μαθεῖν, ὁμολογήσεις τῆς σιωπῆς ἡμῶν ἐρᾶν.
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