On 2 April 1524, Erasmus wrote a highly confidential letter to one of his closest friends, Conrad Goclenius, professor of Latin at the Collegium Trilingue. To warn his addressee about the top-secret content, he noted above the address a directive in Greek: Ἀναγίνωσκε μόνος καὶ λάθρα. (Allen 1437) “Read alone and in secret.” After gossiping …
Erasmus 500 years ago: Greek in a top-secret letter to Conrad Goclenius (2 April 1524)
Raf Van Rooy 