Marcus Tullius Cicero→Servius Sulpicius Rufus|c. 50 BC|Cicero|From Rome|To Achaea|Human translated
I am on familiar terms with the Patraean physician Asclapo, whose company has been pleasant to me and whose art I have tested in the illnesses of my household; in which he satisfied me both by his knowledge itself and by his faithfulness and goodwill. I commend him to you and ask you to see to it that he understands I wrote carefully about him and that my recommendation was of great benefit to him. This will be very welcome to me.
DXIII (Fam. XIII, 20) TO SERVIUS SULPICIUS RUFUS (IN ACHAIA) ROME: I am intimate with the physician Asciapo of Patrae . I found his society very agreeable, as well as his medical skill, which I have had experience of in the illnesses of my household. He gave me every satisfaction both by his knowledge of his profession and by his kindness. I therefore commend him to you, and beg you to see that he understands that I have written cordially about him, and that my recommendation has been of great service to him. It will be doing me a great favour.
XX. Scr. Romae a.u.c. 708. CICERO SERVIO SAL.
Asclapone Patrensi, medico, utor familiariter eiusque quum consuetudo mihi iucunda fuit, tum ars etiam, quam sum expertus in valetudine meorum; in qua mihi quum ipsa scientia, tum etiam fidelitate benevolentiaque satisfecit. Hunc igitur tibi commendo et a te peto, ut des operam, ut intelligat diligenter me scripsisse de sese meamque commendationem usui magno sibi fuisse: erit id mihi vehementer gratum.
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I am on familiar terms with the Patraean physician Asclapo, whose company has been pleasant to me and whose art I have tested in the illnesses of my household; in which he satisfied me both by his knowledge itself and by his faithfulness and goodwill. I commend him to you and ask you to see to it that he understands I wrote carefully about him and that my recommendation was of great benefit to him. This will be very welcome to me.
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Latin / Greek Original
XX. Scr. Romae a.u.c. 708. CICERO SERVIO SAL.
Asclapone Patrensi, medico, utor familiariter eiusque quum consuetudo mihi iucunda fuit, tum ars etiam, quam sum expertus in valetudine meorum; in qua mihi quum ipsa scientia, tum etiam fidelitate benevolentiaque satisfecit. Hunc igitur tibi commendo et a te peto, ut des operam, ut intelligat diligenter me scripsisse de sese meamque commendationem usui magno sibi fuisse: erit id mihi vehementer gratum.