Letter 412: I have written to you before and I greet you again now.
I have written to you before and I greet you again now. And I will not stop writing until I have drawn a reply from that esteemed mind of yours. The prize I am striving for is no small one.
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Latin / Greek Original
Εὐσεβίῳ. (355)
Καὶ πρότερον ἐπέσταλκά σοι καὶ νῦν προσαγορεύω. καὶ
γράφων γε οὐ παύσομαι πρὶν ἂν πρὸς ἀμοιβὰς ἐκκαλέσωμαι
τὴν ἱερὰν κεφαλήν. πάντως δὲ οὐκ ἐπὶ μικροῖς ἄθλοις ἡ
σπουδή.
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