7 surviving letters between Libanius and Maximus, spanning 336-343 AD.
You call Hyperechius my son in one breath and say you are grateful to me for what you have done for him in the next.
Philastrius, a kinsman of Proaeresius -- the man who benefits the whole world through his eloquence -- is active in...
I expect you have already befriended Leontius the sophist, since he possesses eloquence and you love it.
This old man Heraclius has suffered many wrongs -- not on account of your administration (the Phocian War came...
I was delighted by your letter.
You were right to honor the man I recommended -- not because I recommended him, but because he deserved it.
Accept my gratitude for what you did for the man I recommended.