Letter 595: Just as I would certainly have informed you if I saw any fault in Diophantus, so that you might correct him and...
Διομήδει. (357)
Ὥσπερ, εἴ τι φαῦλον ἐνεώρων Διοφάντῳ, πάντως ἄν σε
ἐδίδασκον, ὅπως αὐτῷ προσάγῃς ἐπανόρθωσιν καὶ ποιῇς βελ-
τίω τοὺς τρόπους, οὕτως, ἐπειδὴ βέλτιστος μίν ἐστι τοὺς τρό-
πους, ἐρρωμένος δὲ εἰς τοὺς λόγους, αὐτός σε διδάσκω τοῦτο,
ὡς ἔστιν ἀμφότερα ἀγαθός, ὅπως αὐτὸς ἐπαινῆς, δι’ ὃν εἰς
εὐδαιμόνων πατέρων τελεῖς χορόν.
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