Letter 6035: Your brother has been deeply grieved by the loss of his tutor and only recently started listening to those trying to...
Your brother has been deeply grieved by the loss of his tutor and only recently started listening to those trying to console him. His sadness hit me hard too, quite apart from the practical worry of finding a replacement teacher. If you agree, let's write a joint letter to the distinguished prefect Hadrianus asking for the Gallic rhetorician whom our friend Eusebius recently recommended -- we can't let the children's promising development stall for want of instruction.
Meanwhile, the preparations for the upcoming games are wearing me down with their expense and labor. I have plenty of ceremonial garments, but I keep discovering gaps in the overall arrangement. Farewell.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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