Letter 309: Short letter, simple request: a man needs justice, and you are in a position to provide it.

To Eumolpius. There is nothing strange in asking a favor from a friend, when one is doing a favor for a friend. And I am a friend to you, while Sophronius is a friend to me. I therefore beg you not to make the acquisition of the horses a loss for Sophronius. These words from me to Eumolpius are sufficient; but if it were someone else, it would be necessary to draw the matter out at length.

Εὐμολπίῳ. (357) Οὐδὲν ἄτοπον παρὰ φίλου χάριν αἰτῆσαι χαριζόμενον φίλῳ. φίλος δὲ σοὶ μὲν ἐγώ, Σωφρόνιος δὲ ἐμοί. δέομαι δή σου μὴ ποιῆσαι Σωφρονίῳ τὴν τῶν ἵππων κτῆσιν ζημίαν. ἀρκεῖ ταῦτα παρ’ ἐμοῦ πρὸς Εὐμόλπιον· εἰ δ’ ἄλλος ἦν, μα- κρὰν ἀποτείνειν ἔδει.