Letter 503: I am surprised that you sent no letter through Clearchus, nor when Iphicles came from you to us.
Θεμιστίῳ. (356/57)
Θαυμάζω τὸ μήτε διὰ Κλεάρχου σε γράψαι τι μήθ’
ἡνίκα παρ’ ὑμῶν Ἰφικλῆς ὡς ἡμᾶς ἤρχετο.
εἰ μὲν οὖν
ῥᾳθυμίᾳ τοῦτ’ ἐγένετο, καὶ γράμματα ἐλπίζειν ἀεὶ ἔστι, προ-
θυμήσῃ γάρ ποτε· εἰ δ’ ἀπ’ ἄλλης αἰτίας ἐχούσης τι δυσχε-
ρές, δήλωσον, ὡς μή σε ἐνοχλοίην τῷ γράφειν. ὁ γὰρ οὐκ ἂν
ἡδέως ἐπιστείλας οὐδ’ ἄν ἡδέως λάβοι.
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