Letter 27: [Fragment] (362?)

[. . . . . (362?)] Since at the beginning of your office you were a Rhadamanthus [a just judge] to the Galatians, and now that you have laid down your office you still have a care for the Galatians, those who travel here lodge with you, and you do them good by whatever means lie within your power. And if the matter did not stand thus, it would be necessary both to hate and to be hated. As for the fact that, while sending the sons of others, you delay over your own—for it is better to put it that way—I reckon it to be from your not having been able, since your intention is that of a man who greatly desires it. And the young men too seem to me to desire it. Their letters bear witness, and so does their exhorting others to put in here to us. For what they advise to others, they have surely persuaded themselves of as well. . . .

. . . . . (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. . . .

. . . . . (362?) ἐπειδὴ παρὰ τὴν ἀρχὴν ἐγένου τοῖς Γαλάταις ὁ Ῥαδά- μανθυς, καὶ πεπαυμένῳ τῆς ἀρχῆς μέλει σοι Γαλατῶν ὅθεν οἱ μὶν δεῦρο βαδίζοντες παρὰ σοὶ καταλύουσι, σὺ δὲ δι’ ὅσων ἔξεστιν εὗ ποιεῖς. εἰ δὲ μὴ οὕτως εἶχε πρᾶγμα, μισεῖν τε ἦν ἀνάγκη καὶ μισεῖσθαι. τὸ δὲ πέμποντα παῖδας ἑτέρων τοὺς σαυτοῦ μέλλειν, οὕτω γὰρ ἄμεινον λέγειν, τῷ μὴ δεδυνῆσθαι λογίζομαι· ὡς ἥ γε γνώμη καἰ σφόδρα ἐπιθυμοῦντος. ἐπι- θυμεῖν δέ μοι φαίνονται Λαὶ οἱ νέοι. μαρτυρεῖ δὲ τά τε γράμ- ματα καὶ τὸ παραινεῖν ἄλλοις ὡς ἡμᾶς καταίρειν. ἃ γὰρ ἄλλοις συμβουλεύουσι. καὶ αὑτοὺς δήπου πεπείκασιν. . . .