Letter 141: To the same person. (359/60)

To the same. (359/60) Macarius is the father of our pupil Macarius, and he is one of the phalanx around you. To this man each of the magistrates has given a gift, and the gift was time, granting him to see his son, a son dear to Mnemosyne [the Muse of memory and eloquence]. Give him, then, the gift on many grounds, which you yourself would have been the first to give.

**To the Same** (359/60) Our pupil Macarius has a father named Macarius, and this man is one of the phalanx surrounding you. To him each of the magistrates has given a gift — the gift being time that allows him to see his son, a son dear to the Muses. Grant him this gift along with the many others, a gift you would have been the first to give.

Τῷ αὐτῷ. (359/60) Ἡμετέρῳ μαθητῇ Μακαρίῳ Μακάριός ἐστιν ὁ πατὴρ, εἷς δὲ οὑτοσὶ τῆς ἀμφὶ σὲ φάλαγγος. τούτῳ τῶν ἀρχόντων ἕκαστος ἔδωκε δῶρον, τὸ δὲ δῶρον χρόνος παρέχων αὐτῷ τὸν υἱὸν ἰδεῖν, υἱὸν τῇ Μνημοσύνῃ φίλον. δὸς δὴ τὸ δῶρον ἐπὶ πολλοῖς, ὃ καὶ πρῶτος ἔδωκας ἄν.