Zacharias and Philip, brothers of Procopius of Gaza
Zacharias et Philippus
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All letters (16)
Procopius sentences his brothers to repay silence with a flood of letters.
Procopius says hearing both brothers together doubles his pleasure.
Procopius asks his brothers to stand in for him with Julian and not grow arrogant in office.
Procopius envies Perseus and Abaris but accepts letters as the only available consolation.
Procopius retracts a recommendation after the man robbed his host in Gaza.
Procopius says the season demands letters from his brothers and invokes Love's arrows.
Procopius says he will stay only if real promises advance; otherwise God's vote sends him to his brothers.
Procopius asks his brothers to help John and jokes that Theodore has again postponed sailing.
An unnamed bearer trusts Procopius's name enough to seek help from Zacharias and Philip.
Procopius turns another request to Zacharias and Philip into a high-stakes civic petition.
The brothers not only met the request but surpassed it.
Procopius wants no visitor to come without letters from his brothers.
Timotheus blushes easily and needs painless support from Procopius's brothers in Constantinople.
Nilus faces a neighbor's obstructive windows and a fabricated sale in Nestorius's name.
A former student goes to the emperor's city for legal study and rhetorical advancement.
Unknown admirers praise Zacharias so warmly that Procopius treats the praise as his own crown.