Letter 682: I do not wish to believe that you cared little for the affairs of Ulpianus and Palladius — that you neither honored...
Ἰουλιανῷ. (361/62)
Οὐ βούλομαι πιστεῦσαι τοῦθ’ ὅτι σοι τῶν Οὐλπιανοῦ
καὶ Παλλαδίου μικρὸν ἐμέλησε πραγμάτων καὶ οὔτε ὡς φίλους
ἐτίμησας οὔθ’ ὡς ῥήτορας ᾐδέσθης οὔτε τὸ τοὺς αὐτούς σοι
πόνους πονεῖν τοὺς ἑταίρους εἰς λόγον ἔθου. λέγεται μὲν γὰρ
ὑπὸ πολλῶν ἃ οὐδὲ εἰπεῖν μοι καλόν, ἐγὼ δὲ μάχομαι μηδὲν
τούτων εἶναι σόν.
γράψας δὴ πέμψον τὴν μαρτυρίαν καὶ
βοήθησον ἐμοί τε καὶ σεαυτῷ.
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This letter, written in 374 A.D., is chiefly interesting for its mention of Jerome's sister. It would seem that she had fallen into sin and had been restored to a life of virtue by the deacon, Julian. Jerome speaks of her again in the next letter (§4).
Jerome writes to Julian, a wealthy nobleman apparently of Dalmatia (§5), to console him for the loss of his wife and two daughters all of whom had recently died. He reminds Julian of the trials of Job and recommends him to imitate the patience of the patriarch. He also urges him to follow the example set by Pammachius and Paulinus, that is, to g...
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