Letter 753: I am not introducing these doctors to you as strangers — I write on behalf of men already known to you, and loved...

To Maximus. (362) It is not as men unknown to you that I commend these physicians to you, but I write through men who are acquainted with them, and, I think, loved by them as well. Since you are their friend, I think you will look upon both of them with goodwill, but you will give aid to the one of them. For the one has need of a kindly glance, but the other has need of active support as well. For there is a war in prospect, which he could escape only with Athena alone for his ally - whom, when he comes home, he will find.

Μαξίμῳ. (362) Οὐκ ἀγνοουμένους συνίστημί σοι τοὺς ἰατρούς, ἀλλὰ δι’ ἀνδρῶν ἐγνωσμένων, οἶμαι δὲ καὶ φιλουμένων, γράφω. φι- λῶν δέ, οἶμαι, μετὰ μὲν εὐνοίας ἀμφοτέρους ὄψει, θατέρῳ δὲ βοηθήσεις. δεῖ γὰρ τῷ μὲν ἡμέρου βλέμματος, τῷ δὲ καὶ συκ- μαχίας. ἐν γὰρ ἐλπίσι πόλεμος, ὃν μετὰ μόνης ἂν διαφύγοι τῆς Ἀθηνᾶς, ἣν οἴκαδε ἐλθὼν εὑρήσει.