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This letter is about a boy called Pyrrhos, who was being educated in Alexandria and was in particular being trained to compete in the public games. Zenon had written that they might train him if they were sure that he would win a prize, but that otherwise it would be a waste of …
Ἱεροκλῆς Ζήνωνι χαίρειν. εἰ ἔρρωσαι, ἔχοι ἂν καλῶς· ὑγιαίνομεν δὲ καὶ ἡμεῖς. ἔγραψάς μοι περὶ Πύρρου, εἰ μὲν ἀκριβῶςἀκρειβῶς ἐπιστάμεθα, ἀλείφειν αὐτόν, εἰ δὲ μήμέ, μὴ συνβῆι ἀνήλω μά τε μάταιον προσπεσεῖν καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν γραμμάτων ἀποσπαθῆναιἀποσσπαθῆναι. περὶ μὲν οὖν τοῦ με ἐπίστασ…
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