# Epistulae 1-55

Julian the Emperor, Epistulae, Σωπάτρῳ. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/julian-the-emperor/epistulae/1-55

Ἔστι τις ἡδονῆς ἀφορμὴ πλείων, ὅταν ἐξῇ δι’ ἀνδρὸς οἰκείου τοὺς φίλους προσφωνεῖν· οὐ γὰρ μόνον οἷς γράφεις τὸ τῆς σεαυτοῦ ψυχῆς ἴνδαλμα τοῖς ἐντυγχάνουσι ξυναρμόττῃ. ὃ δὴ καὶ αὐτὸς ποιῶ. τὸν γὰρ τροφέα τῶν ἐμαυτοῦ παίδων Ἀντίοχον ὡς ὑμᾶς ἐκπέμπων, ἀπρόσρητόν σε καταλιπεῖν οὐκ ἠνεσχόμην· ὥστε, εἴ τι τῶν καθ’ ἡμᾶς ποθεῖς, ἔχοις ἂν οἰκειότερον παρ’ αὐτοῦ γνῶναι. εἰ δέ τι καὶ σοὶ μέλει τῶν σῶν ἐραστῶν, ὡς ἔγωγεὅτι μέλει πιστεύω, δείξεις ἕως ἂν ἐξῇ γράφειν μηδαμῶς ἐλλείπων.

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Julian the Emperor, Epistulae, ed. Wilmer Cave Wright. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg2003.tlg013.local001/.