Letter 35: To my Brother.

Synesius of CyreneAlethius, (brother of Florentius)|c. 396 AD|Synesius of Cyrene
barbarian invasion

Letter 35: Legacy Hunting

[1] To his Brother

Athanasius has found the shortest road to fortune. He has recognized the necessity of going right to the beds of the dying, and attaining all his own ends with them either by persuasion or by force. [2] The moment a notary is called in to draw up a will, he romps in with him.

Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.

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