Letter 74: I have just sent you my treatise [A Eulogy of Baldness], written in Attic style and finished with care.
To Pylaemenes.
I have just sent you my treatise [A Eulogy of Baldness], written in Attic style and finished with care. If it wins the approval of Pylaemenes — the most demanding critic in my audience — that alone will be enough to recommend it to posterity. But if the book strikes you as frivolous, remember that it is always permissible to treat light subjects lightly.
Human translation — Livius.org
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