Letter 611: So you weren't actually longing for the speeches — you just wanted to be seen longing for them.
Libanius→Palladios|c. 372 AD|Libanius
friendship
Παλλαδίῳ. (361)
Οὐκ ἄρα τῶν λόγων ἐπεθύμεις, ἀλλὰ τοῦ δοκεῖν ἐπιθυμεῖν
τῶν λόγων. οὔκουν ἐτόλμησας οἰκέτην τῇδε καταλιπεῖν ἡμέ-
ραν μίαν. ἀλλ’ ἐγὼ καὶ μηδὲν δεομένῳ πέμπω. δῆλον γὰρ
ὡς αὖθις ἐντυχὼν ἐρᾶν πλαττόμενος ἐπετίμας ἄν.
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Παλλαδίῳ. (361)
Οὐκ ἄρα τῶν λόγων ἐπεθύμεις, ἀλλὰ τοῦ δοκεῖν ἐπιθυμεῖν
τῶν λόγων. οὔκουν ἐτόλμησας οἰκέτην τῇδε καταλιπεῖν ἡμέ-
ραν μίαν. ἀλλ’ ἐγὼ καὶ μηδὲν δεομένῳ πέμπω. δῆλον γὰρ
ὡς αὖθις ἐντυχὼν ἐρᾶν πλαττόμενος ἐπετίμας ἄν.
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