Letter 5013: I'm tired and annoyed with writing — how long are we going to keep imitating the pleasure of real conversation with...
We are now weary and out of patience with writing; for how long shall we go on imitating the pleasantness of living conversation by the mere image of the pen? And what of the fact that the public prosperity and the peace of the world themselves urge you to seek your home again? In this matter our brother Pontician will come to you as a timely instigator, having drawn this task by the request of good men, so that he may press upon you, who are lingering on account of a marriage matter, the longing to revisit the city.
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Latin / Greek Original
Taedet pigetque iam scribere ; quousque enim stili imagine iucunditatem vivi ser-
monis imitabimur? quid quod etiam felicitas publica et pax orbis hortatur, ut larem 10
repetas? qua in re tibi oportunus incentor frater noster Ponticianus accedet bonorum
petitu sortitus hanc operam, ut tibi ob rem uxoriam demoranti desiderium revisendae
urbis admoveat.
XXXIII (XXXI).
Revision history
- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern symmachus retranslated v1.
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