Letter 732: The good Salutius has restored us to the honor from which the boorish Elpidius had driven us.
Ἰουλιανῷ . (362)
Κατήγαγεν ἡμᾶς εἰς τὴν τιμὴν ὁ χρηστὸς Σαλούτιος,
ἦς ἐτύγχανεν ἐξεληλακὼς ὁ σκαιὸς Ἐλπίδιος· ἃ γὰρ ἐκεῖνος
ὑβρίζων ἀφείλετο, ταῦθ’ οὗτος παύων τὴν ὕβριν ὕβριν
τὸ μὲν οὖν ἥμισυ τῆς τροφῆς ἐνταῦθα φέρομεν. θάτερον
δὲ ἐκ Φοινίκης ἐκέλευσεν ἔχειν ἐνθυμηθείς, Οἶμαι, τοῦθ’ ὅτι
σοῦ τῆς Φοινίκης ἄρχοντος καλῶς μοι τὸ πρᾶγμα κείσεται.
βεβαίωσον τοίνυν τῷ φίλω τὰς ἐλπίδας.
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