[101] Τοῦ αὐτοῦ πρὸς Κληδόνιον πρεσβύτερον ἐπιστολὴ πρώτη
[102] Πρὸς Κληδόνιον πρεσβύτερον ἐπιστολὴ δευτέρα
Ep. LV.
An Invitation. You flee when I pursue you: perhaps in accordance with the laws of love, to make yourself more valuable. Come then, and fill up at last the loss I have suffered by your long delay. And if any home affairs detain you, you shall leave us again, and so make yourself more precious as an object of desire.
[55] ΤΩΙ ΑΥΤΩΙ
Φεύγεις διώκοντας ἴσως νόμοις ἐρωτικοῖς, ἵνα σεαυτὸν ποιῇς τιμιώτερον. Ἧκε οὖν καὶ νῦν τὴν τοῦ μακροῦ χρόνου ζημίαν ἀναπλήρωσον ἡμῖν. Καὶ εἴ τί σε τῶν αὐτόθι κατέχοι, πάλιν ἀφήσεις ἡμᾶς, ὡς ἂν σεμνότερος ᾖς πάλιν ποθούμενος.