Letter 481
Libanius→Σιλανῷ|libanius
To Silanus. (356 AD)
Malchos will report to you how things stand with us — both my health and my affairs. You can make your plans accordingly.
And yet, what has long been decided — why deliberate further?
Still, I give you leave to deliberate again. For I know that the same course will prove both honorable and advantageous: for Silanus to practice his craft in Syria.
Σιλανῷ. (356)
Ἀπαγγελεῖ σοι Μάλχος, ὅπως ἡμῖν ἔχει τό τε σῶμα καἰ
τὰ πράγματα σὺ δὲ πρὸς ταῦτα περὶ τῶν σαυτοῦ βουλεύσῃ.
καίτοι γε ἃ πάλαι δοκεῖ, τί δεῖ περὶ τούτων ἔτι σκοπεῖν;
ἀλλ’ ὅμως σοι δίδωμι βουλεύσασθαι πάλιν. οἶδα γὰρ ὅτι
ταὐτὸ φανεῖται καὶ καλὸν καὶ συμφέρον ἐν Συρίᾳ Σιλανοῦ
χρῆσθαι τῇ τέχνη.
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To Silanus. (356 AD)
Malchos will report to you how things stand with us — both my health and my affairs. You can make your plans accordingly.
And yet, what has long been decided — why deliberate further?
Still, I give you leave to deliberate again. For I know that the same course will prove both honorable and advantageous: for Silanus to practice his craft in Syria.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.