Letter 22: To Anastasius [one of Synesius's closest friends, an important courtier in Constantinople and tutor to the children...
Letter 22: Congratulations
[1] To Anastasius note [One of Synesius' dearest friends and an important courtier in Constantinople ; adressee of letters 43 , 22 (this one), 79 , and 46 ; cf. 100 .]
I am rejoiced, but for what reason, think you? From the very bottom of my heart I am rejoiced when I hear that these golden children have by the word of the Emperor become legally your own. [2] Most of all do I rejoice because of my love for you. Whom should I love with more justice? Then again, I abhor those wicked creatures whose hopes, fostered in dark and secret places, this good fortune of the children has destroyed.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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