Synesius of Cyrene → Pylaemenes
Tradução moderna em inglês
To Pylaemenes.
I have just sent you my treatise [A Eulogy of Baldness], written in Attic style and finished with care. If it wins the approval of Pylaemenes — the most demanding critic in my audience — that alone will be enough to recommend it to posterity. But if the book strikes you as frivolous, remember that it is always permissible to treat light subjects lightly.
Texto inglês de origem
Letter 74: The "Eulogy of Baldness" [1] To Pylaemenes I have just sent you the treatise, written in Attic style and of finished workmanship. note [ A Eulogy of Baldness .] If it obtains the approbation of Pylaemenes, the most critical of our audience, this very fact will be quite sufficient to recommend it to posterity. [2] But if my book seems to you a frivolous production, remember that it is always permissible to treat light subjects lightly.