Letter 605
To Emperor Julian. (~360 AD)
I sent you the speech — a small thing about great matters. To make the speech greater, you are surely the master, if you grant what would make it so.
By granting it, you will show that you consider me a craftsman of encomia. By not granting it, you will leave room for other suspicions.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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