Resultados13 letters/passages
libanius · c. 387 · score 0.02
To Demetrius. (362) The moment I received your letter, in which you asked for the restoration of the old honors, I ran to the excellent Salutius and listed those who had received them — the same ones you named to me. "Grant it, then," I said, "after so many others, to the man who should have received it before them all …
libanius · c. 392 · score 0.02
To Demetrios. (~363 AD) The emperor is no worse than his predecessor — I would say better, if one values complete virtue over reckless daring. But when you compare the adviser to the previous adviser, take care you do not seem unaware how great is the distance between a donkey and a horse. As for me, I rescued the city …
libanius · c. 370 · score 0.02
To Demetrios. (357) Leontios is indeed an excellent man and not unworthy of the praise you heaped on him. I have spent only a little time with him, though, owing to the mass of my obligations. For you should know that my dealings with officials are no less burdensome than my work with students — duties I endure relucta …
libanius · c. 373 · score 0.02
To Demetrius. (361 AD) Harvest season is already upon us here, and it is autumn. Let us give the farmers their freedom, if you agree. Your advice about the fields I welcome and accept. We'll try both to hold onto what we have and to acquire more.
libanius · c. 390 · score 0.02
To Demetrius. (363 AD) This is what good neighbors do — they help those living nearby in times of misfortune. And you have fulfilled the proverb in both ways, adding deeds to kind words. For us the famine has been a double evil: the famine itself and the emperor's anger against the city on account of it. If some god do …
libanius · c. 371 · score 0.02
To Demetrius. (~357 AD) You sent that letter as a refutation — to show that I had given you too grand a title by calling you first among Greeks. But the letter arrived bearing brilliant testimony that nothing else could have been said but what I said. If the admirable Demetrius had spent a very long time considering ho …
libanius · c. 388 · score 0.01
To Demetrius. (362) Second attempts are better, they say — or, if you prefer, luckier. For this one reached where it was sent, and not Paphos instead of the maiden. We pass the time partly rejoicing, partly not, because of the scarcity in the marketplace. As for the speech for the festival, it still wishes to remain hi …
libanius · c. 372 · score 0.01
To Demetrius. (361 AD) We enjoy your company no less than our own, thanks to these frequent messengers. And it seems to me you would even be vexed at those fine-fruited trees of yours — because they won't transplant themselves here, laden branches and all, take root in this soil, and go on doing the same thing. But let …
libanius · c. 375 · score 0.01
To Demetrios. (361) That man who sold portions of the farmland — when we wished to buy, he claimed he was selling Thessaly and Boeotia, and there was nothing moderate in his price, so we declined. But when so-and-so needed to buy, he considered even a small sum large — harming himself and setting a precedent against us …
libanius · c. 372 · score 0.01
To Demetrius. (361 AD) Ascholius brought us news both most terrible and most heartening: having spoken of the fall — at which he himself was struck and fell — he immediately added that the gods caught the girl with their hand as she plunged and set her gently on the ground, as if into a bed. Just as I rejoiced that she …
libanius · c. 346 · score 0.01
To Demetrios. (358/59) It was right that you mourned your brother — since even we mourned him, though he was not our brother, because he was a good friend. But you did well to set aside the grief, which brought no benefit to the departed and was wearing down the living. I believe the god who presides over eloquence [He …
libanius · c. 389 · score 0.01
To Demetrius. (362/63) Not only did your being pulled in both directions over the things delivered show the lover at a loss — unable to decide which should first receive the applause — but your verdict on the speech was itself a lover's passion. The speech has no beauty, yet you rank it with the tales of Pelops and Gan …
libanius · c. 359 · score 0.01
To Demetrius. (356 AD) You write such things to a second Tantalus — for I too thirst for your springs, and the springs are near, yet you will not let me drink, even though you yourself think fit to receive from mine. You would do well to share yours in return, for you would be sending to a friend who is willing to give …