5 surviving letters between Heortius, of Themistius (a student) and Libanius, spanning c. 354–380.
I may be meddling when I urge a father to care for a son he has decided to neglect.
I am surprised that you sent no letter through Clearchus, nor when Iphicles came from you to us.
Do you not think I would give anything to have delivered that speech with you in the audience?
Fortune did not plan well for you, but you, I think, have planned well for yourself.
I have sent my brother to supplicate the god who dwells near you on my behalf.