Letter 2059: A short while ago I sent you a letter; now I send this reply.

Quintus Aurelius SymmachusUnknown|c. 392 AD|Quintus Aurelius Symmachus
monasticism
From: Quintus Aurelius Symmachus
To: [Unnamed correspondent]
Date: ~392 AD
Context: A brief note accompanying a more substantive letter, offering greetings.

A short while ago I sent you a letter; now I send this reply. That one contained matters of necessity; this one offers only a greeting. We are well, as is the truth. If all is going well for you, your letter will share the good news with me. Farewell.

Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.

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