Letter 1028: A brief request for more letters from Proclus because they heal and impress the city.
I know the size of the grief that has seized me, and I know how much letters from you mean to me. So you do not escape my notice when you act as one who helps, sending the medicine that comes through letters. Many of our citizens run to those letters, admiring you and calling me fortunate, and this in so harsh a fortune. If you care that both these things happen often, write often.
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Latin / Greek Original
Πρόκλῳ. (893)
1. Εἰδὼς μὲν τὸ μέγεϑος τῆς λύπης, ᾧ χατείλημμαι, εἰδὼς
δέ, ὅσον ἐστί μοι τὰ παρὰ σοῦ γράμματα, πρᾶγμα ποιῶν ϑὺ
βοηϑοῦντος οὔ με λανϑάνεις πέμπων τὸ διὰ τῶν ἐπιστολῶν
φάρμακον. ὃ. ἐφ᾽ ἃς δρόμος πολὺς τῶν ἡμετέρων πολιτῶν σὲ
μὲν ϑαυμαξόντων, ἐμὲ δὲ μακαριξόντων, καὶ ταῦτα ἐν οὕτω
χαλεπῇ τύχῃ. 8. εἰ δὴ σοὶ λόγος τοῦ ταῦτα ἀμφότερα γίγνε-
σϑαι πολλάκις, ἐπίστελλε πολλάκις.
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