Aristainetus; and separately to Silanus & Libanius

[To Aristainetus]

What a fine thing is about to begin -- something that deserves to be old rather than new: now Spectatus will be a...

The language of your letters convinces me that you are familiar with Plato.

If I had written before saying I have little influence with Dionysius, you might not have believed me -- and that is...

There is no need to tell you about the ambassadors -- you know them both.

I asked the noble Eusebius whether he counted you among his friends.

Leontius never delivered the letter.

Themistius drove our city mad with love for wisdom.

Rufinus enjoyed something pleasant while he was with us -- he heard me speak.

Everything would have come easily to Gymnasius even if he had stayed here with us.

I once wrote to you that, with one exception, the entire city council is on my side.

So Aristainetus has become just one of the crowd -- the man who used to be one of the wise!

Your praises of the good Spectatus are entirely fitting, and by those praises you are honoring our whole family.

This man is the son of Himerius, nephew of Sopater, namesake of Iamblichus [the famous Neoplatonist philosopher],...

I could have refuted you for writing that way -- not for complaining about the frequency of my letters, but for...