Letter 752: To the Emperor Julian.
Ἰουλιανῷ αὐτοκράτορι. (362)
Εἰ ταῦτα γλώττης ἀργοτέρας, τίς ἂν εἴης αὐτὴν ἀκονῶν;
ἀλλὰ σοὶ μὲν ἐν τῷ στόματι λόγων οἰκοῦσι πηγαὶ κρείττους
ἢ δεῖσθαι ἐπιρροῆς· ἡμεῖς δὲ ἢν μὴ καθημέραν ἀρδώμεθα,
λείπεται σιγᾶν.
τὸν λόγον δὲ ζητεῖς μὲν ἔρημον βοηθοῦ
λαβεῖν καὶ διὰ τοῦτό σοι Πρίσκος ὁ καλὸς μέλλει, δέχου δὲ
ὅμως. πάντως ὅ τι ἂν γνῷς, στέρξομεν.
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