§1.9.1nimium raro nobis abs te litterae adferuntur, cum et multo tu facilius reperias qui Romam proficiscantur quam ego qui Athenas, et certius tibi sit me esse Romae quam mihi te Athenis.
Letters are brought to us from you too rarely, considering that you can find those who are starting for Rome much more easily than I those for Athens, and that it is more certain for you that I am in Rome than for me that you are in Athens.
itaque propter hanc dubitationem meam brevior haec ipsa epistula est quod, cum incertus essem ubi esses, nolebam illum nostrum familiarem sermonem in alienas manus devenire.
And so, because of this hesitation of mine, this very letter is shorter because, since I was uncertain where you were, I did not wish that familiar conversation of ours to fall into stranger hands.
§1.9.2signa Megarica et Hermas, de quibus ad me scripsisti, vehementer exspecto.
I am eagerly expecting the Megarian statues and the Herms about which you wrote to me.
quicquid eiusdem generis habebis dignum Academia tibi quod videbitur ne dubitaris mittere et arcae nostrae confidito.
Whatever of the same kind you have that shall seem to you worthy of the Academy, do not hesitate to send, and trust to our purse.
genus hoc est voluptatis meae; quae γυμνασιώδη maxime sunt, ea quaero.
This is the kind of my pleasure; those which are most suitable for a gymnasium are what I seek.
Lentulus navis suas pollicetur.
Lentulus promises his ships.
peto abs te ut haec diligenter cures.
I beg of you to attend to these things diligently.
Thyillus te rogat et ego eius rogatu Εὐμολπιδῶν πάτρια.
Thyillus asks you, and I at his request ask for, the traditional rites of the Eumolpidae.