Resultados25 letters/passages
libanius · c. 381 · score 0.02
… the defendant look the prosecutor in the eye. Before, the sheer grandeur of the imperial office made me hesitate to write. Now the beauty of the emperor's own letters doubles my fear. For even if everything else is on our side, we lack the light that blazes in his writing. More than anyone I know, the man has blended p …
libanius · c. 356 · score 0.02
You have reached the rank your good sense was always going to bring you -- a good sense that is both genuine and not lost on the emperor's attention. You were already well-disposed toward me before, and now you might reasonably add affection to goodwill, on account of our family connection. As for the ambassadors, I wo …
libanius · c. 348 · score 0.02
… uly yours alone, sprung from no precedent. While others, the moment they attain imperial power, take on a love of money — some beginning to crave what they never desired before, others intensifying a passion already dwelling in them — you alone, upon entering into power, gave away your patrimony to your companions: a h …
libanius · c. 366 · score 0.02
"What great thing?" I asked. Strategius then said: "When he was about to take leave of the emperor, after many fine exchanges, he added: 'Your Majesty, no one's rank will shield them from punishment for wrongdoing. Whether it is a judge or a military commander who breaks the law, I will not tolerate neglect.'" He said …
libanius · c. 315 · score 0.02
When you were governing Palestine, you didn't neglect to write. Now that you govern many provinces, you've forgotten how. When you were far away, you remembered your friends; now that you're nearby, you forget them. What will you become, then, when you've gained still more power and can see your acquaintances face to f …
libanius · c. 333 · score 0.02
To Domnio. (360) A resolution has won out here: to transplant your fine institution to this place -- the study of law. Seeking the best teacher, I find that man is you, but thinking it impious to uproot an unwilling man, I leave you master of your own decision -- desiring to have you, but not deigning to drag you. Tell …
libanius · c. 347 · score 0.01
To Strategios. (358 AD) Even this counts as a great gift from you: that you remembered those who made a request, sought out the letter, chose to give, and made clear that you were unable. For such are your remedies for your subjects — either you grant what is asked, or when circumstances prevent it, your distress at be …
libanius · c. 314 · score 0.01
Unless you were well apprised how long ago my friendship with the excellent Macedonius was contracted, and for what reasons it has been since improved, of these I would first apprise you; but knowing as you do its foundation, you will not wonder that I, who would decline no danger for my friends, should devote to his s …
libanius · c. 389 · score 0.01
To Hierax. (362/63) I was amazed that you considered my not writing to you worthy of reproach, yet make nothing of the emperor's letter reaching you. And yet I showed what had been written on your behalf, did so four times, and proclaimed that the Troad would suffer terribly, and Alexander too, and the god along with t …
libanius · c. 334 · score 0.01
To Eusebius. (360) Let the wild beasts be preserved, let no one slaughter them, let someone provide the spectacle without that, and let the master not be lord of his own property. Such is the letter that has come from the prefect. And we, who used to admire the man for his other qualities, are astonished at this novelt …
libanius · c. 388 · score 0.01
To Maximus. (362/63) Add the excellent Pompeianus to the roster of our friends. He has long been an acquaintance of mine, and now has young sons studying with me — devoted to their father, among their other qualities. It is their doing that this letter exists, for they urged and entreated me, fearing that in this respe …
libanius · c. 387 · score 0.01
To Demetrius. (362) The moment I received your letter, in which you asked for the restoration of the old honors, I ran to the excellent Salutius and listed those who had received them — the same ones you named to me. "Grant it, then," I said, "after so many others, to the man who should have received it before them all …
libanius · c. 368 · score 0.01
To Maximus. It suits you to be a friend of Himerius [a famous Athenian sophist], and your sons, by doing well, are imitating the best of your qualities. Your son respects this young man, and the young man praises your son in return, rejoicing to see him enjoying a good reputation and my protection. He makes only one co …
libanius · c. 349 · score 0.01
To Aristainetos. (~358 AD) So you were destined after all to taste the labors of office, since you did not flee governance by every possible means. And now it is the belt of rank, military service, crowds at your door, sleepless nights, and anxieties — while that famous leisure of yours and your idleness have departed. …
libanius · c. 383 · score 0.01
The good Salutius has restored us to the honor from which the boorish Elpidius had driven us. What Elpidius took away through insolence, Salutius has returned by putting an end to the outrage. Half of the allowance we draw from here. The other half he ordered to come from Phoenicia, reflecting, I imagine, that since yo …
libanius · c. 321 · score 0.01
If I could have traveled with Sabinus, I would have spoken to you in person rather than writing -- that's how badly I want to rescue the man from this storm. But since I'm held here by various obligations, I've taken the next best course and am writing instead. I would ask you, for the sake of both justice and our frie …
libanius · c. 378 · score 0.01
To Kyrillos. (361/62) You gave your order to one who serves gladly. And Modestus too was among those ready to do everything. I rejoice that you go from one governorship to another — to Palestine from Palestine. If this good fortune keeps advancing to neighboring provinces, you will surely come to us too, walking your w …
libanius · c. 389 · score 0.01
To Gaianus. (362/63) For I too am your possession — so it is no wonder that you are mine as well. But I am no longer persuaded that your skill in governing came from us. You brought it with you from Phoenicia, and that is why, while serving as assessor to another, you prevailed by your character more powerfully than an …
libanius · c. 339 · score 0.01
[To the same.] (361?) Among the officers around you, Herodianus is now serving, though previously he fought. He is a man who does good, as he did harm before. I formerly...
libanius · c. 359 · score 0.01
To Modestus. (359/60) What you have long wished to hear has now come to you: a marvelous opportunity for overturning the conviction that fell upon the good Anysius with no justice whatsoever, and that was prevented from becoming firmly fixed only by your clemency. They always asked for a just postponement, and you neve …
libanius · c. 346 · score 0.01
When your governorship is praised, he first of all believes it — and that is the mark of a man who knows your nature — and then he rejoices as we do, we who find our greatest joy in your successes. He calls those under your rule blessed and would gladly be under your authority himself. As for his conduct toward us, it …
libanius · c. 385 · score 0.01
To Hierius. (362 AD) Mine was a desire not entirely unreasonable; yours was the wiser counsel. "What the old man pursues," as the verse says, "he will consider so that nothing goes wrong." You will perhaps be annoyed if I call you old — as though I myself were still growing my first beard! I admit I am old — even if I …
libanius · c. 365 · score 0.01
To Arsenius. It would have been fine if you had been here in person to follow the custom, and it is also not bad that even in your absence you have not abandoned it. I was pleased both that the gold came with a letter and that you are doing the opposite of what most young men do. They run from their supervisors; you ar …
libanius · c. 351 · score 0.01
To Alkimos. (355 AD) We have raised up a governor for you, and our pride rests not merely on the fact that he is our fellow citizen, but on his understanding of what governing actually means. He knows that a man who has held that office must leave it not richer, but more honored — and must act in ways that make his sub …
libanius · c. 363 · score 0.01
To Cataphronius. Dulcitius belongs to the powerful faction, as you well know, but he would rather earn your esteem through decency than through influence. Let it be proof of that that he trusts a letter from me more than whatever credentials his official position provides. And the same thing strengthens his case and re …