Letter 534: I wrote to you before urging you not to dishonor your homeland, and I urge the same now: admire Rome, but live in...

LibaniusOlympius|c. 365 AD|Libanius
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Ὀλυμπίῳ. (356/57)

Καὶ πρότερον ἐπέστειλά σοι παρακαλῶν σε μὴ τὴν πα.
τρίδα ἀτιμάσαι καὶ νῦν ταὐτὰ παρακαλῶ Ῥώμην μὲν θαυμά-
ζειν, οἰκεῖν δὲ τὴν σαυτοῦ. τόπος δέ σοι καὶ χοροὶ νέων καὶ
ψήφισμα τιμὰς ἔχον, πάντα εὐτρεπῆ.

δεῖ δ’ ἐμοῦ τοῖς
πράγμασι τῆς σῆς φωνῆς. εἰ γὰρ δεῖ τοὺς ἡμετέρους ἑταίρους
ἐν δίκαις ἰσχύσαι, τοῦτο δὲ ἀμήχανον ὑπὸ τῆς ἑτέρας γλώτ-
της, πῶς οὐ χρὴ παρόντα σὲ συνεφάπτεσθαι τοῦ ποιμνίου;

ἀλλ’, ὦ γαθέ, γενοῦ ποτε καὶ διδάσκαλος, ἐπειδὴ μαθη-
τὴς ἐγένου γενναῖος, καὶ αὐτός τε ἐλθεῖν καὶ μετὰ βιβλίων.

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