Letter 10015: It is because I feel sure, Sir, that you will be interested to hear, that I send you news that I have rounded Cape...
L To Trajan.
It is because I feel sure, Sir, that you will be interested to hear, that I send you news that I have rounded Cape Malea and have made my way with all my retinue to Ephesus. Though I have been delayed by contrary winds, I am now on the point of setting out for my province, travelling part of the way by coasters and part by land carriage, for the prevailing Etesian winds are as great an obstacle to journeying by sea as the overpowering heat is by land.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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