Letter 671: I knew well that you would hold to the agreement about the parchment; and what you ask to be arranged for you—we...
Μαριανῇ. (361)
Εὖ ᾔδειν ὅτι ταῖς συνθήκαις ἐμμένεις ταῖς περὶ τῆς
διφθέρας· ἃ δὲ γενέσθαι σοι κελεύεις ὅπως καὶ ἔσται ταχέως,
ἐπιμελησόμεθα· τὸ γὰρ ἀπότευγμα τοῦ μὴ ποιήσοντός ἐστιν
ἡ πόλις δὲ ἡμῖν καὶ ταῦτα ἀπὸ θαλάσσης ᾠκισμένη πολ-
λοῖς πλήττεται τοῖς κύμασι, κἂν ἔρῃ τι περὶ τῶν φίλων, πολ-
λοὶ μὲν οἱ φάσκοντες εἰδέναι, οἶδε δὲ οὐδείς. εὐχώμεθα δὴ
μετ’ εὐμενείας Ἀλέαι νδρᾳ παραστῆναι τὰς Εἰλειθυίας, ὅπου-
περ ἂν ὁ καιρὸς ἐπείγῃ.
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