7 surviving letters between Synesius of Cyrene and Troilus, spanning c. 399–411.
Praise and love cannot be explained by the same motives, and they are not governed by the same faculties of the soul.
You are both a philosopher and a compassionate man.
"Even if there is utter forgetfulness of the dead in Hades, I shall remember there my beloved companion" [Homer,...
If you have heard of the late Maximinianus — he spent a great deal of time at court — you are certainly aware that...
You ask how many lines Dioscorus declaims every day?
Even if neither the people of Cyrene nor the neighboring towns give you the gratitude you deserve for the fact that...
In the old days, when I wrote to friends, our exchanges were carefree.