Letter 595: Just as I would certainly have informed you if I saw any fault in Diophantus, so that you might correct him and...
To Diomedes. (357)
Just as, if I observed anything base in Diophantus, I would assuredly be instructing you how to bring correction to bear upon him and to make his character better, so, since he is most excellent in character and robust in eloquence, I myself teach you this very thing, that he is good in both respects, so that you yourself may praise the man on whose account you are enrolled in the chorus of fortunate fathers.
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Latin / Greek Original
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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- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
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