Letter 152: This Auxentius is not technically my student, but he is far more devoted than many who are.
**To Andronicus** (359/60)
This man Auxentius is not a student of mine, yet he is far more devoted than many of my students, having shared in my sorrows during hard times and in my joys during better ones.
You recall that when you were leaving us, I pointed out the young man and said he would soon be coming to Phoenicia, and I asked that he be counted among your friends — and you nodded your assent.
Well, he has arrived. Now fulfill your promises: receive him warmly while he is there, and send him off with a letter from you. For if he were a Phoenician, I would be asking you for a deed; but as it is, since the man comes from the neighboring country, ask that good fellow Hypatius for a deed — in letters.
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