Letter 636: To the same. (361)
To the same man. (361)
This Flavianus is by birth a Bithynian, but as for how I am disposed toward the Bithynians [...], and he took part in the schools of the Muses at Athens. Being sharp in mind, he is also good in character. Having associated with me for a short time, he has been enrolled among my friends; so much did he accomplish in small matters.
He is coming to see both you and Phoenice [the province] - her faring well, and you laboring on her behalf. So send him back to us once more, now that he has come to know both your gentleness and your justice.
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Latin / Greek Original
Τῷ αὐτῶ. (361)
Φλαβιανὸς οὑτοσὶ τὸ μὲν γένος ἐστὶ Βιθυνός,
δὲ ὅπως ἔχω πρὸς Βιθυνούς, μουσείων δὲ τῶν Ἀθήνησι
μετέσχε. τὸν νοῦν δὲ ὢν ὀξὺς χρηστός ἐστι τὸν τρόπον. μικρὰ
δέ μοι συγγενόμενος εἰς τοὺς φίλους ἐγγέγραπται· τοσοῦτον
ἴσχυσε τοῖς μικροῖς.
ἔρχεται δή σέ τε ὀψόμενος καὶ Φοι-
νίκην, τὴν μὲν εὖ πράττουσαν, σὲ δὲ ὑπὲρ αὐτῆς πονοῦντα.
πέμπε οὖν αὐτὸν αὗθις ὡς ἡμᾶς γνόντα σου καὶ τὴν ἡμε-
ρότητα καὶ τὴν δικαιότητα.
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