Letter 19: In writing a single letter to both of you, I am not at fault.
Synesius of Cyrene→Herodes and Martyrius|c. 404 AD|Synesius of Cyrene
friendship
Letter 19: A Recommendation
[1] To Herodes and Martyrius note [Herodes was an officer and a relative of Synesius, mentioned in Letter 38 ; Martyrius is otherwise unknown.]
In writing a letter to you in common, I consider that I am in no way at fault. Rather would it have been a just reproach to me if I had divided in my letters those who are united in my heart. Accept all my best wishes, my dear friends, and to the man who is delivering the letter to you, who has journeyed on the public highway to convey gold to you, extend the warmest possible welcome, for he has been recommended to me by the entire senate. note [The town council of Alexandria is meant.] [2] I should like to be of some use to him. In fact, I do not know that others should care more for us and for the things we may undertake than you do.
Letter 19: A Recommendation
[1] To Herodes and Martyrius note [Herodes was an officer and a relative of Synesius, mentioned in Letter 38 ; Martyrius is otherwise unknown.]
In writing a letter to you in common, I consider that I am in no way at fault. Rather would it have been a just reproach to me if I had divided in my letters those who are united in my heart. Accept all my best wishes, my dear friends, and to the man who is delivering the letter to you, who has journeyed on the public highway to convey gold to you, extend the warmest possible welcome, for he has been recommended to me by the entire senate. note [The town council of Alexandria is meant.] [2] I should like to be of some use to him. In fact, I do not know that others should care more for us and for the things we may undertake than you do.
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Letter 19: A Recommendation
[1] To Herodes and Martyrius note [Herodes was an officer and a relative of Synesius, mentioned in Letter 38 ; Martyrius is otherwise unknown.]
In writing a letter to you in common, I consider that I am in no way at fault. Rather would it have been a just reproach to me if I had divided in my letters those who are united in my heart. Accept all my best wishes, my dear friends, and to the man who is delivering the letter to you, who has journeyed on the public highway to convey gold to you, extend the warmest possible welcome, for he has been recommended to me by the entire senate. note [The town council of Alexandria is meant.] [2] I should like to be of some use to him. In fact, I do not know that others should care more for us and for the things we may undertake than you do.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.