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Letter 74: I have just sent you my treatise [A Eulogy of Baldness], written in Attic style and finished with care.

Synesius of Cyrene→Pylaemenes|c. 402 AD|Synesius of Cyrene|Human translated
grief death
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To Pylaemenes.

I have just sent you my treatise [A Eulogy of Baldness], written in Attic style and finished with care. If it wins the approval of Pylaemenes — the most demanding critic in my audience — that alone will be enough to recommend it to posterity. But if the book strikes you as frivolous, remember that it is always permissible to treat light subjects lightly.

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  1. 2026-03-20v2.1.0-import

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