Letter 64: Not only do I write to you, but I demand payment in kind.
To Lucian the sophist.
Not only do I write to you, but I demand payment in kind. And if my constant writing is a form of abuse, then I beg you to abuse me in return and make me suffer in exactly the same way.
Human translation - Tertullian Project
Latin / Greek Original
[Πρός: Λουκιανῷ σοφιστῇ]
Καὶ γράφω καὶ ἀντιτυχεῖν ἀξιῶ τῶν ἴσων. εἰ δὲ ἀδικῶ συνεχῶς ἐπιστέλλων, ἀνταδικηθῆναι δέομαιτὰ ὅμοια παθών.
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