Letter 2090: A short while ago I sent a letter, but I do not begrudge doubling the greeting that is owed to you.

Quintus Aurelius SymmachusUnknown|c. 400 AD|Quintus Aurelius Symmachus
friendship
From: Quintus Aurelius Symmachus
To: [Unnamed correspondent]
Date: ~400 AD
Context: A brief follow-up letter doubling a greeting.

A short while ago I sent a letter, but I do not begrudge doubling the greeting that is owed to you. Consider this a supplement to what went before -- not a correction but an addition. Some friendships deserve more than one letter per occasion, and ours is certainly among them.

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

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