Letter 654: Lysimachus is truly my pupil, to judge by what he says and writes — both in panegyrics of governors and in practice...

To Lysimachus. (361) Lysimachus is truly a son of mine, saying and writing such things as he does, on the one hand in praises of magistrates, on the other in the contests of declamation; so that it is no wonder if Eros came flying to us, since such a tongue of his was setting his wing in motion. But that informer, the beast, has paid one penalty, and he will pay the other too; and these things I foresaw beforehand, and I said to Lysimachus that the wretch would perish wretchedly. Since you are a friend to the Muses, and they possess your soul, and you bring forth beauty of verses, honor with epigrams a house both splendid and great, made for us by a man who is our companion, in Daphne. His name is Olympius, and he neither is nor ever became a father of children, but he consoles his fortune in these matters with the marvel of his house. Use, then, the resources, and add to the beauty of the porticoes and fountains that which comes from your verses.

Λυσιμάχῳ. (361) παῖς ὄντως ἐμὸς ὁ Λυσίμαχος τοιαῦτα καὶ λέγων καὶ γράφων, τοῦτο μὲν ἐν ἐπαίνοις ἀρχόντων, τοῦτο δὲ ἐν τοῖς κατὰ μελέτην ἀγῶσιν· ὥστ’ οὐδὲν θαυμαστὸν εἰ πετόμενος ἧκεν ὡς ἡμᾶς ὁ Ἔρως τοιαύτης αὐτῷ γλώττης κινούσης τὸ πτερόν. ὁ δὲ συκοφάντης ἐκεῖνος, τὸ θηρίον, δίκην τὴν μὲν ἔδωκε, τὴν δὲ δώσει καὶ ταῦτα ἐγὼ προῄδειν καὶ πρὸς Λυσίμαχον εἶπον ὡς ἀπολεῖται κακὸς κακῶς. ἐπεὶ δὲ Μούσαις εἶ φίλος καί σου κατέχουσι τὴν ψυχὴν καὶ κάλλος τίκτεις ἐπῶν, τίμησον ἐπιγράμμασιν οἰκίαν λαμπράν τε καὶ μεγάλην ὑπ’ ἀνδρὸς ἡμὶν ἑταίρου πεποιημένην ἐν Δάφνῃ. τὸ μὲν ὄνομα Ὀλύμπιος αὐτῷ, παίδων δὲ οὔτ’ ἐστὶν οὔτ᾿ ἐγένετο πατήρ, παραμυθεῖται δὲ τὴν περὶ ταῦτα τύχην τῷ τῆς οἰκίας θαύματι. χρῆσαι δὴ ταῖς ἀφορμαῖς καὶ πρόσθες τῇ τῶν στοῶν καὶ κρηνῶν ὥρᾳ τὴν ἀπὸ τῶν ἐπῶν.