Letter 5
Libanius→Aristaenetus|libanius
From: Libanius, rhetorician in Antioch
To: Aristaenetus
Date: ~355 AD
Context: A brilliantly concise one-liner -- pure Libanius wit.
You spoke ill of us, and we spoke well of you -- but no one will believe either of us.
To Aristaenetus.
You spoke ill of us, and we spoke well of you — yet no one will believe either of us.
Ἀρισταινέτῳ.
Σὺ μὲν ἡμᾶς εἶπας κακῶς, ἡμεῖς δὲ καλῶς ἀλλ’ οὔτε σοί
τις οὔτ’ ἐμοὶ πείσεται.
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From: Libanius, rhetorician in Antioch
To: Aristaenetus
Date: ~355 AD
Context: A brilliantly concise one-liner -- pure Libanius wit.
You spoke ill of us, and we spoke well of you -- but no one will believe either of us.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.