Letter 618: Harvest season is already upon us here, and it is autumn.
To Demetrius. (361 AD)
Harvest season is already upon us here, and it is autumn. Let us give the farmers their freedom, if you agree.
Your advice about the fields I welcome and accept. We'll try both to hold onto what we have and to acquire more.
AI-assisted translation - This translation was produced with AI assistance and has not been peer-reviewed. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek below for scholarly use.
Latin / Greek Original
Δημητρίῳ (361)
Ἤδη καὶ ἡμῖν τὰ τῆς ὡραίας προέρχεται καὶ ἔστιν ὀπώ-
ρα. λύωμεν οὖν, εἰ δοκεῖ, τοῖς γεωργοῖς τοὺς δρόμους
τὴν
δ’ ὑπὲρ τῶν ἀγρῶν συμβουλὴν καὶ ἐπαινῶ καὶ δέχομαι. καὶ
πειρασόμεθα τῶν μὲν μὴ ἀποστῆναι, τὰ δὲ προσλαβεῖν.
Revision history
- 2026-03-20v2.1.0-import
Initial corpus import from AI-assisted translation from original text.
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