7 surviving letters between Aristaenetus and Libanius, spanning c. 315–357.
You spoke ill of us, and we spoke well of you -- but no one will believe either of us.
You ask whether I still remember you.
I received your letter with great pleasure, and the pleasure was doubled by its length -- for you are one of the few...
If it were proper to send you something lesser, I would have sent it already.
I am sending you what you asked for, though not without misgivings.
You ask me to be honest about your latest speech, and I shall try -- though honesty between friends in matters of...
So is this a law for governors now -- that they must not write to their friends simply because they are governing?