Letter 589: You gave good counsel to a good man — you found what was right, and he did not reject it.
To Hierocles. (357)
You advised Agathus [Agathos] not badly, and so you for your part found what was needful, while he did not slight it. And the man who was unable to help him to remain bears witness that you rightly sent the young man.
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Latin / Greek Original
Ἱεροκλεῖ. (357)
Ἀγαθῷ οὐ κακῶς συνεβούλευσας, ὅθεν σὺ μὲν εὗρες τὸ
δέον, ὁ δὲ οὐκ ἠτίμασε. μαρτυρεῖ δὲ ὡς ὀρθῶς τὸν νεανίσκον
ἔπεμψας ὁ μὴ δυνηθεὶς εἰς τὸ μεῖναι βοηθῆσαι.
Revision history
- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern libanius retranslated v1.
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