Letters of Isidore of Pelusium · c. 429
Isidore of Pelusium → Paulos
Tradução moderna em inglês
To Apollonius the Bishop: That man alone do I consider king and ruler...
Texto latino / grego
ΤΖΕ΄. – ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΩ ΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΩ. Ἐκεῖνον μόνον ἔγωγε βασιλέα καὶ ἡγεμόνα εἶναι ἡγοῦμαι, ὃς ἄρξας ἑαυτοῦ τὸ ὑπήκοον ἐπιεικείᾳ καὶ φιλανθρωπίᾳ ἀνηρτήσατο. Τοὺς δὲ ἄλλους τυράννους κλητέον, τοὺς τοῖς ἑτέρων πόνοις ἑαυτοῖς ἡδονὰς ἀθεμίτους πορίζοντας.