Letter 144: It was not only Philoxenus who, by coming home improved, inspired his brother to follow -- there was also a certain...

To Acacius. (359/60) Not only did Philoxenus, on his return, set out the better man and rouse his brother, but so too did a certain cousin of Philoxenus -- for you know the one I mean, and though you know him, you are unwilling to name him. Or was it for the sake of this second man that both Philoxenus and that man's brother had to keep frequenting your house, as though there were nothing among us either so great or of such a quality as the sort and the amount there is with you? And yet Titianus adds his words to these claims, but I, for my part, see the treasure at home more beautifully. Tell, however, the mother of those two young men, that there is among us a summer too, and that then a moderate wind blows.

To Acacius. (359/60) It was not Philoxenus alone who, returning improved, spurred his brother to follow, but also a certain cousin of Philoxenus — for you know whom I mean, even if you pretend not to. Indeed, on account of this second young man, both Philoxenus and his brother ought to have been attending your school, since we have nothing here so great or so fine in quality and abundance as what you offer. And yet Titianus does contribute something to letters in this city — but I see more clearly the treasure he keeps at home. Do tell the mother of those two young men, however, that we have summer here too, and that a moderate breeze blows at that season.

Ἀκακίῳ. (359/60) Οὐχ ὁ Φιλόξενος μόνον ἐπανήκων ἀμείνων ἐξώρμησε τὸν ἀδελφόν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῦ Φιλοξένου τις ἀνεψιός, οἶσθα γὰρ ὃν ἐγὼ λέγω καὶ λέγειν οὐκ ἐθέλεις εἰδώς. ἢ τούτου γε ἕνεκα τοῦ δευτέρου παρὰ σὲ χρῆν καὶ τὸν Φιλόξενον καὶ τὸν ἀδελφὸν τὸν ἐκείνου φοιτᾶν, ὡς οὐδέν γε παρ’ ἡμῖν οὔτε τοσοῦτον οὔτε τοιοῦτον ὁποῖον τε καὶ ὁπόσον παρὰ σοί; καί- τοι Τιτιανὸς τῇδε τοῖς λόγοις προστίθησιν, ἀλλ’ ἐγὼ τὸν οἶκοι θησαυρὸν αὐτοῦ κάλλιον ὁρῶ. τῇ μέντοι μητρὶ τοῖν νεα- νίσκοιν ἐκείνοιν λέγειν, ὃς ἔστι καὶ παρ’ ἡμὶν θέρος καὶ πνεῖ τότε μέτριος ἄνεμος.