Letter 411
Libanius→Andronicus, a general|libanius
From: Libanius, rhetorician in Antioch
To: Andronicus
Date: ~355 AD
Context: A very brief note announcing that a visitor will deliver news in person.
Surely you will not demand a long letter from me this time. The man who will explain my situation to you and advise you on how to improve your own is close at hand.
Ἀνδρονίκῳ. (355)
Οὐ δήπου καὶ νῦν με μακρὰν ἀπαιτήσεις ἐπιστολήν· ἐγγὺς
γὰρ ὁ τά τε ἐμὰ διδάξων καὶ σοὶ συμβουλεύσων ἃ ποιῶν
ἀμείνων ἔσῃ.
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From: Libanius, rhetorician in Antioch
To: Andronicus
Date: ~355 AD
Context: A very brief note announcing that a visitor will deliver news in person.
Surely you will not demand a long letter from me this time. The man who will explain my situation to you and advise you on how to improve your own is close at hand.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.