Letter 605: I sent you the speech — a small thing about great matters.
Libanius→Julian of Antioch|c. 371 AD|Libanius
imperial politics
Βασιλεῖ Ἰουλιανῷ. (360?)
Ἔπεμψά σοι τὸν λόγον μικρὸν ὑπὲρ μεγάλων πραγμό-
των. τοῦ δὲ καὶ μείζω γενέσθαι λόγον σὺ δήπου κύριος, εἰ
δοίης ἀφ’ ὧν ἂν γένοιτο μείζων.
δοὺς μὲν οὖν δηλώσεις
ὅτι με τεχνίτην ἐγκωμίων ἡγῇ· μὴ δοὺς δὲ δώσεις ἕτερα
ὑποπτεύειν.
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Βασιλεῖ Ἰουλιανῷ. (360?)
Ἔπεμψά σοι τὸν λόγον μικρὸν ὑπὲρ μεγάλων πραγμό-
των. τοῦ δὲ καὶ μείζω γενέσθαι λόγον σὺ δήπου κύριος, εἰ
δοίης ἀφ’ ὧν ἂν γένοιτο μείζων.
δοὺς μὲν οὖν δηλώσεις
ὅτι με τεχνίτην ἐγκωμίων ἡγῇ· μὴ δοὺς δὲ δώσεις ἕτερα
ὑποπτεύειν.
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