Letters of Isidore of Pelusium · c. 411
Isidore of Pelusium → Tpeoripgos
Tradução moderna em inglês
To Diogenes the Deacon: Since genuine and sincere friendship is recognized by its fearlessness, for what reason did you throw into manifest danger those entrusted to you by your friends? But perhaps, being without taste or initiation in sincere friendship, you did this.
Texto latino / grego
ΥΣΔ. – ΔΙΟΓΕΝΕΙ ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟ. Τῆς γνησίας καὶ εἰλικρινοῦς φιλίας τὸ ἀδεὲς ἐγαγνωμένης, δι' ἣν αἰτίαν αὐτὸς τοὺς ἐμπιστευθέντας σοι παρὰ τῶν φίλων εἰς προῦπτον ἔῤῥιψας κίνδυνον ; 'Aλλ' ἴσως φιλίας εἰλικρινοῦς ἄγευστος ὧν καὶ ἀτέλεστος τοῦτο διεπράξω.