Letter 481: Malchos will report to you how things stand with us — both my health and my affairs.
To Silanus. (356 AD)
Malchos will report to you how things stand with us — both my health and my affairs. You can make your plans accordingly.
And yet, what has long been decided — why deliberate further?
Still, I give you leave to deliberate again. For I know that the same course will prove both honorable and advantageous: for Silanus to practice his craft in Syria.
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Latin / Greek Original
Σιλανῷ. (356)
Ἀπαγγελεῖ σοι Μάλχος, ὅπως ἡμῖν ἔχει τό τε σῶμα καἰ
τὰ πράγματα σὺ δὲ πρὸς ταῦτα περὶ τῶν σαυτοῦ βουλεύσῃ.
καίτοι γε ἃ πάλαι δοκεῖ, τί δεῖ περὶ τούτων ἔτι σκοπεῖν;
ἀλλ’ ὅμως σοι δίδωμι βουλεύσασθαι πάλιν. οἶδα γὰρ ὅτι
ταὐτὸ φανεῖται καὶ καλὸν καὶ συμφέρον ἐν Συρίᾳ Σιλανοῦ
χρῆσθαι τῇ τέχνη.
Revision history
- 2026-03-20v2.1.0-import
Initial corpus import from AI-assisted translation from original text.
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