Letter 7062: ...may he carry back your lasting affection and a greeting in return.

Quintus Aurelius SymmachusPetronium|c. 393 AD|Quintus Aurelius Symmachus
friendship

...may he carry back your lasting affection and a greeting in return.

TO PETRONIUS AND PATRUINUS:

I hope you receive this greeting in full health and good spirits. It will be delivered by the excellent Desiderius, a man whose spotless life is his greatest recommendation. This page, bearing my respects, will bring me a rich reward if it draws you into friendship with its bearer. I trust I don't need to work hard to earn your reply -- my only concern is that his introduction receive the welcome his character deserves. Farewell.

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

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