Letter 107: One favor I owe you thanks for; another I'm asking.

To Archelaus. (359/60) For one thing we owe you thanks, and for another we ask it. For because you gladly received this man Cyriacus, and cooperated with him in everything, and bestowed no favor half-heartedly, you honored him twofold: both by your acting and by your declaring that you did this for my sake. Show yourself, then, in the matters that remain as well, the same toward us, or rather even better, so that the proverb too may owe you thanks, because you confirm it. And it is in no way novel, if Archelaus the good shall take his stand among the just, having long ago traveled this road.

**To Archelaus** (359/60) We owe you one debt of gratitude and ask another. For you received our friend Cyriacus warmly, assisted him in all his affairs, and granted every favor without hesitation — honoring me doubly, both by acting and by declaring that you acted on my account. Now show yourself the same toward us in this second matter — or rather, better still — so that even the proverb may owe you thanks for proving it true. And surely it is nothing new if the good Archelaus takes his stand on the side of justice, having long traveled that road.

Ἀρχελάῳ. (359/60) Χάριν τὴν μὲν ἔχομέν σοι, τὴν δὲ αἰτοῦμεν. ὅτι μὲν γὰρ ἡδέως τε εἶδες τουτονὶ Κυριακὸν καὶ πρὸς ἅπαντα συνἐ- πράξας καὶ οὐδὲν ἀργῶς ἐχαρίζου, διπλῇ γε ἐτίμας, τῷ τε ποιεῖν καὶ τῷ δι’ ἐμὲ φάσκειν τοῦτο ποιεῖν. γενοῦ δὴ καὶ πρὸς τὰ δεύτερα ὅμοιος ἡμῖν, μᾶλλον δὲ καὶ βελτίων, ὅπως εἰδῇ σοι καὶ ἡ παροιμία χάριν, ὅτι αὐτὴν βεβαιοῖς. πάντως δὲ οὐ καινόν, εἰ μετὰ τῶν δικαίων Ἀρχέλαος ὁ καλὸς στήσεται πάλαι ταύτην πεπορευμένος τὴν ὁδόν.