Letter 638: Even if your office and the demands pulling you from every direction have driven Plato from your hands, Plato still...
Πρισκιανῷ. (361)
Ἀλλ’ εἰ καὶ τῶν χειρῶν σου τὸν Πλάτωνα ἐξέβαλεν ἥ
τε ἀρχὴ καὶ τὰ πανταχόθεν ἕλκοντα, τήν γε ψυχὴν ὁ Πλατῶν
οἰκεῖ τὴν σήν, ὅθεν ἡμῖν μύθους καὶ λόγους τοιούτους φέ-
ρεις.
ἀλλ’ ἰδού, πάλιν σύ τε καὶ Μίκκαλος εἰς γεγένησθον
τοῦ Ἡφαίστου τοῦθ’ ὑμᾶς ἐργασαμένου. καὶ περιστήσεταί γε
ὑμᾶς ταῦτα, ὥσπερ εἰκός, ἴνα ὄντας· ἥξουσιν οἱ τίλλοντες.
ἀλλὰ σοὶ μὲν οὗτος ὁ φόβος, ὁ Μίκκαλος δὲ ἡμῖν οὐκ ἐν
περιουσίᾳ τριχῶν.
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