Letter 4007: This is a long letter whose text is substantially intermixed with critical apparatus and OCR artifacts.

Quintus Aurelius SymmachusUnknown|c. 368 AD|Quintus Aurelius Symmachus
education booksfriendshiptravel mobility

[This is a long letter whose text is substantially intermixed with critical apparatus and OCR artifacts. The legible portions include: a discussion of protocol in correspondence (who should write first when a friend is traveling), thanks for news of recovery from illness, praise of the recipient's career, and conventional wishes for further advancement. The text mentions that old custom requires the traveler to write first, but Symmachus has broken protocol out of eagerness. A clean critical text would be needed for a complete reliable translation.]

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

Related Letters