Letter 120: To my Brother.
Synesius of Cyrene→Alethius, (brother of Florentius)|c. 401 AD|Synesius of Cyrene
illness
Letter 120: Asking for Information
[1] To his Brother
When a sick man vomits with difficulty, the doctors prescribe tepid water for him to swallow, so as to make it easy for him to give up whatever is already in his stomach. [2] For my part I desire to give you news which has recently been brought me from the other continent, in order that you may give it up to me in turn, but swollen in volume by everything else that you have learned yourself.
Letter 120: Asking for Information
[1] To his Brother
When a sick man vomits with difficulty, the doctors prescribe tepid water for him to swallow, so as to make it easy for him to give up whatever is already in his stomach. [2] For my part I desire to give you news which has recently been brought me from the other continent, in order that you may give it up to me in turn, but swollen in volume by everything else that you have learned yourself.
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Letter 120: Asking for Information
[1] To his Brother
When a sick man vomits with difficulty, the doctors prescribe tepid water for him to swallow, so as to make it easy for him to give up whatever is already in his stomach. [2] For my part I desire to give you news which has recently been brought me from the other continent, in order that you may give it up to me in turn, but swollen in volume by everything else that you have learned yourself.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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