Letter 100: You were part of a gathering convened on urgent business at the home of one of my friends, and you declared that you...

To Aetius. (359/60) While taking part in the gathering that had been assembled on behalf of the most important matters concerning one of our close associates, you declared that you had a nephew here with us, and that you wished to write both to that man and to me about him; but you have done neither. Yet we are writing, and we are sending the tutor, who does not permit us to write at length. For this is the man whom, even if I were praising the young fellow greatly, you would have asked whether these things were true; so it is better to leave to him the account about these matters.

**To Aetius** (359/60) Taking part in a gathering that had been convened at the house of one of our friends concerning matters of the greatest importance, you declared that you had a nephew studying with us and that you wished to write both to him and to me on his behalf — yet you have done neither. We, however, are writing, and we are sending you the boy's attendant, whose presence renders a long letter unnecessary. For the very man whom you would have questioned, even had I heaped praise upon the young man, as to whether my words were true — to him it is better to leave the whole account of these matters.

Αητοΐῳ. (359/60) Τοῦ συλλόγου μετέχων, ὃς ὑπὲρ μεγίστων ἤθροιστο πρός τινα τῶν ἡμῖν ἐπιτηδείων, εἶναι μέν σοι παρ’ ἡμῖν ἀδελφι- δοῦν ἔφασκες καὶ γράψαι γε ἐθέλειν ἐκείνῳ τε καὶ ἐμοὶ περὶ αὐτοῦ, πεποίηκας δὲ οὐδέτερον. ἀλλ’ ἡμεῖς γράφομέν τε καὶ πέμπομεν τὸν παιδαγωγόν, ὃς οὐκ ἐᾷ γράφειν μακρά. ὃν γάρ, εἰ καὶ πολλὰ τὸν νέον ἐπῄνουν, ἠρώτας ἄν, εἰ ταῦτα ἀληθῆ, τούτῳ βέλτιον ἀφεῖναι τὸν ὑπὲρ τούτων λόγον.