Letter 1010: We were worried the rain would hold you up.
We were worried the rain would hold you up. But the poet's old line is true: "Hard roads yield to devotion." So we're expecting you on the agreed day. May the gods ensure that what you've set your mind to isn't derailed by any excuses. Farewell.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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