Letter 177: Chrysostom commends Antiochus to Artemidorus and asks Artemidorus for health news.

My lord Antiochus expected to receive much goodwill from your Courtesy if he appeared with letters from us. Show, then, my master, the kindness fitting to you, and receive him with the affection that belongs to your noble character. By honoring him you will also honor us, for we count the good done to those commended by us as done to ourselves. I know your generous mind, and so I ask this with confidence. Give us another favor as well: write to us about your health. We are far away and cannot learn easily how things are with those we love. Your letter will give us both joy and consolation.

ΡΟΖʹ. Ἀρτεμιδώρῳ. Πολλῆς ἐνόμισεν ἀπολαύσεσθαι εὐνοίας ὁ κύριός μου Ἀντίοχος, εἰ μετὰ γραμμάτων ἡμετέρων φανείη τῇ ἐμμελείᾳ τῇ σῇ. ∆εῖξον τοίνυν, δέσποτά μου τιμιώτατε, ὡς οὐ τηνάλλως ταῦτα ἐνόμισε, καὶ δεξάμενος αὐτὸν μετὰ τῆς σοι προσηκούσης εὐνοίας, ἄν τι δίκαιον νομίζῃ, καὶ λόγον ἔχον, ἕτοιμον σεαυτὸν αὐτῷ παρασχεῖν παρακλήθητι, καὶ δεῖξον διὰ τῶν ἔργων αὐτῷ ὡς οὐ μάτην οὐδὲ εἰκῆ ταύτην ἦλθε φέρων παρ' ἡμῶν τὴν ἐπιστολὴν, ἀλλὰ γέγονέ τι πλέον αὐτῷ εἰς εὐνοίας καὶ συμμαχίας δικαίας λόγον ἀπὸ τῶν γραμμάτων τῶν ἡμετέρων. Οὕτω γὰρ ἀπολαύσεται μὲν τῆς εὐεργεσίας οὗτος, καρπώσομαι δὲ ἐγὼ τιμὴν δι' ὧν καὶ οὗτος τῆς εὐεργεσίας ἀπήλαυσε.