Letter 758: Such has Diophantus been since boyhood: self-controlled, fair-minded, industrious, pleasing to the best men.
Ἱερακίῳ. (362)
Τοιοῦτος ἦν ἐκ παιδὸς ὁ Διόφαντος· σώφρων, ἐπιεικής,
ἐθελουργός, τοῖς βελτίστοις ἀρέσκων εἰ οὖν εἰς τὸ αἷμα τῆς
ἀρετῆς τὸ πλέον ἔρχεται, σοὶ δεῖ τὴν χάριν ἔχειν κἀμὲ καὶ
Διόφαντον τὰ σὰ καλὰ διὰ μέσης τῆς μητρὸς ἐδέξατο.
εἶναι μὲν οὖν αὐτὸν εἰς ἐμὲ χρηστὸν καὶ ἔσεσθαι πιστεύω·
ποιείσθω μέντοι πρὸς ἐμὲ τὰς ἀμοιβὰς ἀπὸ τοῦ πειρᾶσθαι
λέγειν, τῶν δ’ ἄλλων ἀφείσθω φροντίδων.
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