Letter 706
Libanius→Celsus, governor of Cilicia|libanius
To Celsus, governor of Cilicia. (362)
This month is packed with business, and a wedding cannot tolerate such rush and worry. The month after, even if there is leisure, refuses the marriage hymn by some old custom. The third month, then, will receive us -- free from fear, and perhaps from toil as well.
Κέλσω. (362)
Οὑτοσὶ μὲν ὁ μὴν γέμει πραγμάτων, γάμος δὲ οὐκ ἀνέχε-
τᾶι τοιούτων δρόμων οὐδὲ φροντίδων· ὁ δὲ ἐπὶ τούτῳ, κἂν
ὑπάρχῃ σχολή, νόμῳ τινὶ παλαιῷ τὸν ὑμέναιον οὐ δέχεται.
δέξεται τοίνυν ἡμᾶς ὁ τρίτος φόβου μὲν ὢν καθαρός, ἐσόμε
νος δὲ ἴσως καὶ πόνων.
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To Celsus, governor of Cilicia. (362)
This month is packed with business, and a wedding cannot tolerate such rush and worry. The month after, even if there is leisure, refuses the marriage hymn by some old custom. The third month, then, will receive us -- free from fear, and perhaps from toil as well.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.