Letter 743: You have gotten back the man you were seeking, and I am looking for the man I had.
Libanius→Demetrius, friend|c. 384 AD|Libanius
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Δημητρίῳ (362)
Ἀπείληφας ὃν ἐζήτεις, ζητῶ δὲ ὃν εἶχον ἐγώ. σὲ μὶν
οὖν καὶ μὴ παρὼν Εὐκαρπίων σὸς ὢν παρεμυθεῖτο, παρεῖχε
γὰρ ἐλπίζειν· ἐμὲ δὲ ἀπάραντος οὐκ ἔστιν ὃς πείσει θαρρεῖν.
ἀλλ’ οὐ πάντα γε ζημιοῦμαι διεστηκότος, ἀλλ’ ὅσον εἰς τοὐ-
μὸν σῶμα βλάπτομαι, τοσοῦτον ἐν τῷ σῷ κερδαίνω.
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Δημητρίῳ (362)
Ἀπείληφας ὃν ἐζήτεις, ζητῶ δὲ ὃν εἶχον ἐγώ. σὲ μὶν
οὖν καὶ μὴ παρὼν Εὐκαρπίων σὸς ὢν παρεμυθεῖτο, παρεῖχε
γὰρ ἐλπίζειν· ἐμὲ δὲ ἀπάραντος οὐκ ἔστιν ὃς πείσει θαρρεῖν.
ἀλλ’ οὐ πάντα γε ζημιοῦμαι διεστηκότος, ἀλλ’ ὅσον εἰς τοὐ-
μὸν σῶμα βλάπτομαι, τοσοῦτον ἐν τῷ σῷ κερδαίνω.
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