Letter 86: Here -- Zoilus has come to you too.

To Klearchos. (359) Look, Zoilos has come to you as well, a man who serves his master in matters of the greatest worth, but who has been dispatched by the necessity of those circumstances that have arisen. For it seemed necessary to subtract something from the attendance here in order to set the affairs there in order. And yet I am afraid that, just as the many letters from us proved to have arrived in vain, so too Zoilos may have arrived in vain, since you cast us aside; but, since the presence of the boy would be a more exact test of your disposition, he has come to learn whether the noble Klearchos has changed and whether Diomedes has become for us a Rheginos.

**To Clearchus** (359) Look — Zoilus too has come to you, serving his master in matters of the greatest importance, yet sent away under the pressure of circumstances. For it seemed necessary to deprive the household here of his service in order to set affairs in order there. And yet I fear that, just as my many letters have been in vain, so too Zoilus may have arrived for nothing — so completely have you cast us aside. But since the boy's presence will serve as a more exacting test of your intentions, he has come to learn whether the noble Clearchus has changed and become for us a Rheginus — a very Diomedes.

Κλεάρχῳ. (359) Ἴδου σοι καὶ Ζωίλος ἥκει τὰ πλείστου μὲν ἄξια τῷ δε- 5 σπότῃ διακονῶν, τῇ δὲ ἀνάγκῃ τῶν περιεστηκότων ἀποστα- λείς. τῆς γὰρ ἐνταῦθα θεραπείας ἐδόκει δεῖν ἀφελεῖν ἐπὶ τῷ τἀκεῖ καταστήσασθαι. καίτοι φοβοῦμαι μὲν μὴ καθάπερ τὰ πολλὰ παρ’ ἡμῶν γράμματα καὶ Ζωίλος ᾖ μάτην ἀφιγμέ- νος, οὕτως ἡμᾶς ἀπέρριψας· ἀλλ’, ἐπειδὴ γένοιτ’ ἂν ἀκρι- βεστἐρα βάσανος τῆς σῆς γνώμης ἡ παρουσία τοῦ παιδός, ἥκει μαθησόμενος, εἰ Κλέαρχος ὁ καλὸς μεταβέβληται καὶ γέγονεν ἡμῖν Ῥηγῖνος ὁ Διομήδης.