Letter 473: If you have met Clematius, then presumably, having been invited to the wedding, you already know the whole story.
Σιλανῷ. (356)
Εἰ μὲν συνέμιξας Κληματίῳ, εἰκὸς δή σε κληθέντα ἐπὶ
τοὺς γάμους πάντα ἔχειν λόγον· εἰ δ᾿ οὔπω τοῦτο γέγονεν,
ἐπειδὰν γένηται, πάντα ἀκούσῃ λόγον καὶ τάχα οὐκ ἐλάττω
με φήσεις, ἀλλ᾿ ὑπὲρ τὸ μέτριον σπουδάσαι.
ὅσοι δὲ ἡμῖν
οἴονται δύναμιν μὲν εἶναι, τὸ δὲ βούλεσθαι μὴ παρεῖναι, πάσχουσι
μὲν εἰκός τι νομίζοντες ἡμᾶς ἀπολαύειν ὧν εἰκὸς ἦν·
εἰσίτω δὲ αὐτοὺς ἃ περὶ προσδοκιῶν Εὐριπίδης φιλοσοφεῖ, καὶ
γνώσονται ὡς οὐ πάντως παρ᾿ ἡμῖν ἡ μέμψις.
ὃ δὲ πολλάκις
ἔφην, ἐγὼ μὲν ἐκείνου κύριος ἥκιστα, σὺ δὲ τῶν ἐμῶν
μάλιστα. συνεύχου δή τι χρηστὸν ἡμῖν, ὡς ἐν οἷς ἡμᾶς εὑρήσεις,
τούτων κοινωνήσεις.
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