12 surviving letters between Clearchus; then Elebocius and Libanius, spanning c. 315–372.
[To Clearchus]
It seems we will always have trouble springing from Severus's character, and you will never be free of my letters on...
It is no burden for me to keep writing and pleading about the same matter, but it may not sit well with you to keep...
If I were able to share in the journey and the other exertions with Eustochius, you would certainly have me in...
"They lie who say you are the son of Zeus" -- someone once said this to one of the Heraclidae before Troy [a Homeric...
The man carrying this letter deserves your attention -- not because I say so, though that should count for...
The very quality that makes you admirable as a governor -- your refusal to bend the law for anyone -- is the quality...
Since you love eloquence and honor those who practice it, I send you this young man with confidence.
Short letter, simple request: a man needs justice, and you are in a position to provide it.
Here -- Zoilus has come to you too.
Olympius is taking refuge in you once again -- his champion on so many past occasions.
This man is the son of Olympius -- the well-educated one -- and the son himself is no ignoramus, on top of being a...