Letter 27: [Fragment] (362?)
. . . . . (362?)
Since during your term of office you were a Rhadamanthys to the Galatians, even now that you have laid down your office you still care for the Galatians — which is why those of them who travel here lodge with you, and you do them every kindness within your power. Were it not so, there would be nothing but hatred on both sides.
As for your sending other men's sons while putting off sending your own — for that is the more honest way to put it — I ascribe this to inability, not unwillingness; for your inclination, at least, is one of the keenest desire.
And your young men, too, seem to me eager to come. Their letters bear witness to this, as does their urging others to make the voyage to us. For what they recommend to others, they have surely already persuaded themselves of as well. . . .
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