Letter 65: There is nothing strange about discussing insomnia with a doctor -- explaining the trouble it causes and asking him...

LibaniusHygieinus|c. 320 AD|Libanius
illness

**To Hygieinus** (359)

There is nothing strange in discussing sleeplessness with a physician, explaining the distress it causes and asking him to take steps to put an end to it.

Know, then, that our fine friend Cleobulus is suffering terribly from insomnia. The cause is not fever, nor dizzy spells in the head, nor wounds that keep him restless — no, what stings our companion is Severus, from his very bedsheets, and this despite being so far away.

A novel sort of bedbug, this one! But you, too, have a remedy for this sleeplessness: through the good offices of the noble Themistius, you have the power to make Severus stop his biting.

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